State Dept. of Rural Credit v. County of Washington

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

This suit was brought under the provisions of our declaratory judgments act to determine (1) whether the state when acquiring-title to mortgaged lands through the operation of its rural credit department may have all general tax liens which accrued against said lands while in private ownership cancelled or abated upon acquisition of title by foreclosure; (2) whether all taxes so accruing during the operative term of a contract for deed issued by the state to a hona fide purchaser and which remain unpaid at the time of cancellation thereof may be similarly cancelled or…