Silverstone v. Harn

Citations

• 66 Wash. 440
• 120 P. 109
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 784

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Foreclosure—Want oe Process. A tax foreclosure proceeding without the service of any process is without jurisdiction and void.</p> <p>Eminent Domain — Award oe Damages — Parties Entitled — Decree — Deeault oe True Owners. In condemnation proceedings, when all persons interested in or claiming title to the land were duly served, and the true owners defaulted, and a trial of the issues was had between the relator and certain claimants, the relator is not charged with errors in determining who were the parties entitled to the award, and an award to such claimants and a decree adjudging that they are the true owners of the land is not void as to the relator, who acquired title to the land upon payment of the award to the clerk of the court, as provided by Rem. & Bal. Code, § 929.</p> <p>Same — Parties Entitled — Grantee oe Owners Aeter Award. The final decree in condemnation proceedings effects an involuntary sale of the land, and a subsequent deed by the owner conveys nothing; since the title was divested by the payment of the award and the subsequent deed did not operate as an assignment of the award, where it contained no apt words of assignment.</p> <p>Quieting Title — Complaint—Sueeiciency. The complaint in an action seeking equitable relief to set aside certain proceedings is insufficient as a suit to quiet title to the land where it contains no proper description of the land.</p>