Brady

The facts in these two eases are identical with those involved in that of Henderson v. Ward, Civ. No. 1279, ante, p. 520, [ 132 Pac. 470 ], an opinion in which was this day filed in this court, except that it is claimed by appellant that the record in each of them shows that the name and address of the party to whom the land was last assessed next before the date of sale made by the state did not appear upon the last assessment, and hence, as it was unknown, the validity of the deed was not affected by the failure on the part of the tax-collector to mail to the party to whom the land was last assessed next before the sale a copy of the notice of sale, required by section 3897 of the Political Code to be published for three successive weeks. (Healton v. Morrison, 162 Cal. 668 , [ 124 Pac. 240 ].) Reference to the transcript, however, shows that the purported assessment of the property so introduced in evidence was for the year 1894, and the sale of the property to the state was made on account of delinquency in the payment of the tax levied upon ' said assessment. Section 3813 of the Political Code, provides that where property assessed for taxes is purchased by the state pursuant…