Empey v. Yost

Geraghty, J. —

The plaintiff in this case sought to set aside a tax deed issued by the treasurer of Stevens county to the defendant.

She resided in Spokane and had, for several years prior to the sale, owned the land here involved, lying in Stevens county — a tract of one hundred and sixty acres, fifty acres being under cultivation. She had permitted the taxes to become delinquent for six years, and while in her complaint she recites circumstances tending to extenuate her default, these circumstances, as well as her testimony at the trial detailing her effort to pay the taxes, are not pertinent…