Potwin v. Blasher

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

— The sheriff of King county, on the 19th day of April, 1883, executed a tax deed of certain lands to John .Murray, reciting in the deed that he had sold the land April 22, 1881. This deed was void on its face, having been executed three days before the time allowed for *461redemption. Murray quitclaimed the land to Fountain O. Chezum March 12, 1886, and he sold it (reserving two acres) to appellant Blasher, June 18,1889, covenanting for a fee simple title and warranting against incumbrances. Blasher and wife executed a purchase money mortgage to…