Legal Opinion

Wilkes v. Hunt

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1892No. 400PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Superior Court, K'ng County. Proceeding by P. S. Wilkes against L. S. J. Hunt, Griffith Davies, F. A. Twitchell and W. T. Forrest, as commissioner of public lands, to restrain the execution and delivery of a contract for the sale of certain school lands which had been leased to appellant, and upon which he had made lasting improvements.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J. —

The appellant is not satisfied with the judgment of the superior court dismissing his action brought to restrain the commissioner of public lands from executing •and delivering to the other respondents a contract for certain school lands alleged to have been sold to them in pur*101suance of Gen. Stat., § 2148, but without an appraisement of certain improvements, the property of appellant, said to have been made upon the lands when they were appraised by the county commissioners, as required by § 2146. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Retail Store Employees Union, Local 1001 v. Washington Surveying & Rating BureauWashington Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Wilkes v. DaviesWashington Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Dunsmuir v. Port Angeles Gas, Water, Electric Light & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Plant v. HarrisonNew York Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Regester v. DodgeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1881

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