Egbers v. Fischer

Citations

• 73 Wash. 308
• 131 P. 1128
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1599

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Leen foe Taxes Paid — Good Faith — Evidence—Sufficiency. Findings in an action to foreclose a lien for taxes paid that payment of the taxes was made in good faith, are sustained, where the plaintiff testified that he was without experience, and did not procure an abstract, that he believed an administrator’s deed submitted to him by his grantor, together with the deed of the grantor, conveyed him good title, upon the faith of which he paid the taxes, and that he examined the land and found it unoccupied, although the administrator’s deed was without the chain of title and he paid but a small sum for the property.</p> <p>Judgment — Res Judicata — Questions Concluded. A judgment of dismissal in an action brought to establish title in fee to land is not res judicata or a bar to a subsequent action brought by the same plaintiff to foreclose his lien upon the land for taxes paid in good faith.</p>