Olson Land Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered November 25, 1912, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to quiet title, after a trial to the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mount, J
This action was brought by the plaintiff to quiet alleged title to a tract of land and to enjoin the city of Seattle and its officers from exercising, or attempting to exercise, dominion over the same. The tract of land in question is a triangular tract, designated on the following plat by the letters A, B, and C.
The wavy line at the top of the plat indicates the line of ordinary high tide of Elliott Bay. The straight black lines represent the boundaries of Alki avenue. This avenue is eighty feet wide. It is not clear what the dotted lines at the top of the plat represent. The facts…
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