Wildy v. Henry

Citations

• 86 Wash. 387
• 150 P. 620
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1207

Syllabus

<p>Taxation- — Public Lands — Right to Patent — Conditions Pbecedent — Equitable Title. No equitable title passes to a purchaser of government lots in the townsite of Port Angeles upon his paying the price and taking receipt therefor, until after performance of the condition precedent relating to improvements, and until then the lots are not subject to taxation; under 34 U. S. Stat. at L., ch. 2077, p. 167, which provides that no patent shall issue to any lot until the purchaser has proven to the satisfaction of the secretary of the interior that he has expended $300 in permanent improvements on each lot purchased.</p>