Abrams v. State
Washington Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Yakey, J., entered January 15, 1906, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial before the court without a jury, in an action to recover possession and quiet title to real estate.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by the plaintiff, Robert Abrams, to recover possession of, and quiet title to, certain real estate in the city of Seattle, which, on August 1, 1890, for a consideration of $3,500 then received, he and his AA'ife conveyed by Avarranty deed to one Lou Graham. His grantee entered into immediate and exclusÍAre possession, made valuable improvements, and continued to exercise full acts of ownership, until March 11, 1903, when she died intestate. Shortly after her death, the defendant R. V. Ankeny Avas appointed and qualified as her administrator, and has ever since been…
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