Coulter v. Stafford
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Gire ait Court of the United States for the District of Washington. At Law. Action by Samuel Coulter against John A. Stafford for the recovery of land sold for taxes. A jury was waived, and the canse was tried to the court, which gave judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
This is an action to recover certain real estate situate in Seattle, King county, Wash. The plaintiff in error claims to he the owner, and deraigns his title by mesne conveyances from a patentee of the United States. .The land was assessed for taxes in 1882 in the name of Albert Carr, the owner thereof at that time. The taxes became delinquent, and the land was sold at public sale by the sheriff of King county on May 7,1888, *565to one H. Jacobs, and a certificate of sale therefor was giren to the purchaser. Jacobs subsequently assigned said certificate to John A. Stafford,…
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