Christianson v. King County
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This is a suit, brought in 1911, to recover lands in the City of Seattle, County of King, State of Washington and to quiet title.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This is a suit, brought in 1911, to recover lands in the City of Seattle, County of King, State of Washington and to quiet title. (See R. & B. Code, Washington, § 785.) The plaintiff claimed title as heir, and grantee of other heirs, of Lars Torgerson Grotnes who died intestate in the County of King, Territory of Washington, in March, 1865. The defendant, the County of King, succeeded the County of King of the Territory which had control of the property pursuant to a decree of escheat which was passed' by the Probate Court in May,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The motion to dismiss must be denied. It sufficiently appears from the amended bill that jurisdiction did not depend solely upon the citizenship of the respective parties but that the controversy involved, with other questions, the construction of the act of Congress. prescribing the authority of thé territorial legislature. In this view, the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals is. not final. Vicksburg v. Henson, 231 U. S. 259, 267.
The plaintiff in error contends that the land in question did not escheat to the County of King, Territory of Washington, for the reasons (1) that the…
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