Coghlan v. City of Boise

This action was instituted for the purpose of quieting title to the east four feet of Lot 4, Block 55, Original Townsite of Boise City. In 1913, legal *617title to Lot 4, including the strip of ground in question, and Lots 2, 3, 5 and 6, stood in the name of Sarah Bowers, the mother of appellant, and it was assessed for taxes for that year to her. The tax so assessed was not paid and became delinquent. A delinquency certificate was subsequently issued to Ada county, and was thereafter assigned to W. E. Johnston, defendant in the court below, who commenced and prosecuted to final judgment an…