Washington State Grange v. Brandt

¶1 The Washington State Grange (Grange) filed an action against Robert and Myrna Brandt, seeking to quiet title to a small parcel of real property located adjacent to property owned by the Brandts in Whatcom County. In 1950, the Brandts’ predecessors, Raymond and Margaret Gorze, conveyed the disputed parcel by a statutory warranty deed to the Grange’s predecessor, the Orchard Grange No. 346.1 Finding that the reversionary clause of this statutory warranty deed was void in its entirety by application of the rule against perpetuities, the trial court granted the Grange’s motion for summary…