State ex rel. Willars v. McConnaughey
Citations
- 33 Wash. 571
- 74 P. 678
- 1903 Wash. LEXIS 553
Syllabus
<p>Public Lands—County Peopeety—Sale by County Commissionees—Notice—Eeeoneous Descbiption. Bal. Code, § 306, providing that notice of sale of county lands by order of the county commissioners shall particularly describe the property, must be strictly complied with, and when the body of the notice designates the wrong block the sale is invalid, although the caption of the notice correctly states the block, since the caption is no part of the notice, and it is impossible to say that no one was misled by the error.</p> <p>Same—Error in Description—Attempt of Officers to Correct at Time of Saxe. In such a case the sale can not be rendered valid by any act of the officers at the time of making the sale, or by an agreement with the purchaser that the notice was erroneous and that a different tract was intended and sold.</p>
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