Hayes v. Gaston

Citations

• 66 Wash. 300
• 119 P. 818
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1060

Syllabus

<p>Life Estates' — Failure to Pay Taxes — Waste—Actions—Parties Plaintiff. An action for the appointment of a receiver of a life estate and to compel the payment of taxes and assessments by the life tenant and prevent waste, cannot be maintained by the administrator with the will annexed, for the benefit of the remainder-man without making him a party, neither the administrator nor the remainderman having paid the taxes, since the remainderman is the real and indispensable party in interest.</p>