City of Port Townsend v. Trumbull
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Jefferson county, Hatch, J., entered July 9, 1904, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, foreclosing a lien for taxes.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
Plaintiff brought this action against the defendants to foreclose a lien for taxes levied by the plaintiff city against certain real property for the years 1892, 1893, and 1894. The complaint alleged that the real property in controversy was owned in fee simple by the defendants T. P. Trumbull and wife, and that the other defendants had or claimed some interest therein which was subordinate and subject to the tax lien. The defendants other than T. P. Trumbull and wife appeared and demurred to the. complaint on the ground that the same did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of…
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