A Tacoma Man Wins a $350,000 Yakima Land Fight
Jay Yordy bought the downtown property at tax sale; the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Ontario Land Company's claim.
NORTH YAKIMA, Feb. 5.—Word has been received here that Jay Yordy of Tacoma has won his case in the Supreme Court of the United States in the famous tax title suit, brought by the Ontario Land Company to get possession of property Yordy bought at tax sale.
The property is in the heart of the business district here and is worth $350,000.
“The property is in the heart of the business district here and is worth $350,000.”
Tax-title fights over valuable downtown property are still a Washington real-estate genre, with buyers at county tax sales sometimes winning big against deep-pocketed claimants. Yordy's Supreme Court victory is a reminder that ownership is often settled in court as much as at the courthouse steps.
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