Henry v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered July 14, 1905, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
— Plaintiffs brought this action to remove a cloud from the title to certain lots in the city of Seattle. The question in the case was whether or not a certain street, known as “Hill” street, extended across the plaintiffs’ lots. The trial court found that it did notj and entered a decree accordingly. The city appeals.
The facts are as follows: The lots in question are tide land lots in block 243, of the Seattle Tide Lands, as platted by the board of tide land appraisers under the act of March 26, 1890 (Laws 1889-90, p-. 431). In the year 1870 one T. I. McKenny platted into streets, lots, and…
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