Ontario Land Co. v. Wilfong
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity under the Fourteenth Amendment of certain tax proceedings in the State of Washington, are stated in the opinion. Lack of adequate description renders tax titles void and the question is not foreclosed by former decisions. The Ontario Land Co. v. Yordy, 212 U. S. 152; 44 Washington, 239, does not control this case.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity under the Fourteenth Amendment of certain tax proceedings in the State of Washington, are stated in the opinion. Lack of adequate description renders tax titles void and the question is not foreclosed by former decisions. The Ontario Land Co. v. Yordy, 212 U. S. 152; 44 Washington, 239, does not control this case. The question in the Yordy Case did not depend upon the sufficiency of description at all, and that question was not involved, except as an abstract question. In this case the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Suit to quiet title to certain real estate situate in North Yakima, State of Washington, against certain tax deeds issued to appellees by the county treasurer of Yakima County.
It was brought in the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Southern Division. A decree was entered in favor of appellant. 162 Fed. Rep. 999. It was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 171 Fed. Rep. 51.
The case depends upon the sufficiency of the tax deeds which appellant assails in its bill, after averments of diversity of citizenship, alleging the following: The land is part of Capitol Addition…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Ontario Land Co. v. YordySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- McManus v. MorganWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- Bartels v. ChristensenWashington Supreme Court · 1907
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