Martin v. Moore
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Whitman county, Chadwick, J., entered September 4, 1907, in favor of the plaintiff, upon overruling a demurrer to the complaint, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
This is an action to quiet title to real estate, described as lot 1, block 40, in the city of Pullman, Whitman county. The plaintiff alleges that he is the owner of the land in fee simple, and that the defendants claim some interest therein based upon the following facts: On September 24, 1901, and prior thereto, one Josephus M. Moore was the owner of an undivided third interest in the lot in question. On said date he died and left a will, by the terms of which he devised to his daughter, Mary Louisa Preston, along with other property, the following: “The one-half of the proceeds of lots when…
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