Frost v. Perfield
Citations
- 44 Wash. 185
- 87 P. 117
- 1906 Wash. LEXIS 809
Syllabus
<p>Principal and Agent — Agency—Buying in Delinquent Property at Tax Sale — Refusal to Convey to Principal. A lessor and neighbor of the owner of property, who bids the same in at tax sale, acts as agent for the owner and is bound to reconvey upon tender of the taxes, where it appears that, after the owner’s removal to Alaska, such lessor, who was delinquent in rent, upon the owner’s request went to the county seat to investigate the taxes at different times, reported that they were delinquent, and later that the premises were about to be sold, and that he would attend the sale and bid in the property if the price was not too high, and that he bid in the property without notifying the owner that he was acting for himself.</p>
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Judges: Root
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