George v. Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad

This is an action in ejectment, the plaintiff alleging, among other things, that, in the month of July, 1880, he entered into- the possession of the land in controversy, which was lot 12, in block 30, of Bell & Denny’s First Addition to the city of Seattle, and that said land, at the time of entry thereof, was vacant and unoccupied; that ever since'said month of. July, 1886, and up to the 1st day of December, 1898, he was in the actual, continuous, exclusive, peaceable, hostile, and adverse possession of said premises, claiming ownership by virtue of a claim of right; that, while plaintiff…