Lefevre v. Washington Monument & Cut Stone Co.

This action was brought to quiet title to certain shore lands on Silver lake, in Spokane county, and to recover, on the ground of mistake, the amount paid to the state for the purchase of the shore lands in question. Trial of the cause to the court resulted in findings of fact, summarized as follows, against which the evidence does not preponderate:

Plaintiffs entered into a contract with the state of Washington for the purchase of shore lands on Silver lake, in Spokane county. The state and its vendees were mistaken in their belief that the state owned the shore lands in question, as the lake…