State v. Snohomish County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered April 18, 1912, dismissing an action to cancel tax certificates, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This action was brought by the state of Washington for the cancellation of certain tax certificates upon, and to quiet its title to, lands purchased by it as a site for the Washington state reformatory. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the state purchased a quarter section of land in Snohomish county on May 8, 1907, and two other quarter sections on August 9, 1907; that, at all times since the purchase, the state has been in possession of these lands, using them for the purposes of the reformatory, and that on July 1, 1909, the county treasurer of Snohomish county issued severally…
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