Walter v. Hoeffler

Citations

• 117 Wash. 120
• 200 P. 1101
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 1026

Syllabus

<p>Taxation (140) — Foreclosure Sale — Notice to Owner — Diligence. The statute (Rem. Code, § 9260) requiring the county treasurer to notify the record owner of real estate before its sale for delinquent taxes,, while not requiring him at all hazards and in all instances to search out and notify the record owner, is imperative that he make at least a reasonable effort to find and notify such owner.</p> <p>Same. The owner of real estate is entitled to have a tax deed thereon set aside, where the treasurer has made a sale for delinquent taxes without notifying such owner whose post office address was of record in the treasurer’s office, and was also capable of ascertainment from a tenant in possession of the premises; the fact that the owner himself may have been at fault not excusing the fault of the officer making the gale.</p>