Burdick v. Kimball

Citations

• 53 Wash. 198
• 101 P. 845
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1295

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Sale oe Property — Redemption—By “Minor Heirs”— Statutes — Construction. Laws 1899, p. 298, permitting any “minor heir” to redeem land sold for taxes does not apply to a minor for whom land had been deeded in trust and who had not inherited the property, as the statute is clear, and the history of the act shows “heirs” to have been advisedly used in order to limit the right to redeem to those who take by descent (Per Mount, J., with whom Crow, Dunbar, and Parker, JJ., concur; Chadwick, J., dissenting, with whom Rudkin, C. J., Fullerton, and Gose, JJ., concur).</p> <p>Same- — Title in Trustee — Redemption by Minor Cestui Que Trust. Where the full legal title to land is in a trustee for a minor, the minor cannot redeem the land from tax sale under Laws 1899, p. 298, his remedy being against the trustee (Per Chadwick, X, Rudkin, C. J., Fullerton, and Gose, JX, concurring).</p>