Shipley v. Gaffner

Citations

• 48 Wash. 169
• 93 P. 211
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 824

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Fobeci.osure—Summons—Name of Owners. The fact that taxing officers, in issuing certificates of delinquency and publishing notice on foreclosure, knew or by reasonable diligence could have ascertained the true ownership, does not invalidate a tax judgment and deed secured upon summons by publication .against unknown owners, where the property was assessed to unknown owners or the name of the owner left blank; since the proceeding is in rem and the statute, Bal. Code, §§ 1699, 1749, does not require the officer to use diligence to ascertain the ownership</p>