Young v. Droz

Citations

• 38 Wash. 648
• 80 P. 810
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1225

Syllabus

<p>Taxation—Process—Summons—Sufficiency. A tax foreclosure judgment is void where it was entered upon the service of a summons hy publication which required the defendants to appear within sixty days after the service of the summons, instead of sixty days after the first publication.</p> <p>Taxation—Void Judgment—Estoppel of Owner by Bidding at Sale. The owner of property sold under a void tax foreclosure judgment, is not estopped from asserting the invalidity of the judgment by appearing at the public sale and bidding on the property.</p> <p>Taxation—Action to Set Aside Tax Title—Tender of Tax—■ Amount to Be Tendered. In an action to quiet title to lots sold for taxes, bid in by the county and resold to the defendants, plaintiffs need only tender the amount of taxes, penalties, and interest due at the time the property was first sold to the county, and not the amount due when sold to the defendants, where no other taxes have been assessed and no one appears to be in possession of the property.</p>