Yesler Estate, Inc. v. Holmes

This is an action of ejectment, brought by the respondent against Charles E. Kraft and Mary Kraft, his wife, to recover the possession of certain lands which the respondent claimed formed a part of the donation land claim of Henry L. Yesler, to which it had succeeded by virtue of certain mesne conveyances from the heirs and devisees of his estate. Kraft and wife, answering the complaint, denied that the respondent had title to the property, or that it was ever a part of the donation land claim of Henry L. Yesler; and, as an affirmative defense, alleged that the land was the property of the…