Trans West Co. v. Boise Cascade Corp.

Plaintiff, Trans West Company, brought this action to quiet title to timber claimed by the defendant, *521Boise Cascade Corporation, under a timber deed. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

The parties claim their rights through various conveyances from a common grantor, Pioneer State Bank of Gol-dendale, who originally owned the land and the timber. By deed dated December 13, 1938, the bank conveyed the land to William Hoctor, reserving the timber.1 On December 17, 1938, the bank by quitclaim deed conveyed the timber to Pioneer Credit Corporation.2

Defendant’s…