Hoffmeister v. Renton Co-operative Coal Co.

This is an appeal from an order refusing to vacate and set aside a judgment of dismissal. While the petition for the vacation as filed contains some 108 pages of closely printed matter’, its salient points can he summarized in much fewer words. In brief, tbe case is this: On June 15, 1872, one David Maurer obtained title, under *49the preemption laws of the United States, to a certain quarter section of land, situated in King county, in this state, and on March 20, 1873, conveyed the same, as an unmarried man, to one Robert Abrams, whn at once entered into possession of the property. Maurer died…