Ford v. Durie

Citations

• 8 Wash. 87
• 35 P. 1082
• 1894 Wash. LEXIS 15

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — EFFECT OF REFERENCE TO GENERAL LAWS IN CHARTER — SALES FOR DELINQUENT TAXES — TAX DEED.</p> <p>The provisions of art. 9, §34, of the freeholders’ charter of Seattle relating to the execution of deeds for property sold for delinquent taxes, and providing “that no such deed shall be made until the notice is given that a tax deed will be applied for and such notice duly served as prescribed in the laws of the state of Washington relating to property sold for state or county taxes,” merely refers to the law in force at the time of the execution of the deed, and not to that which was in force at the time of framing the charter. (Dunbar, C. J., dissents.)</p> <p>Where a sale for delinquent taxes has been made under the revenue act of 1891, which required no notice of the application for a tax deed, that law will govern the execution of the deed under such sale, although prior to its execution the law of 1898, requiring notice to be given, may have taken effect.</p>