Ellis v. McCoy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered June 9, 1916, upon findings in favor of the defendants^ in an action to quiet title, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant sued the respondents to quiet title to certain real property situated in the city of Seattle. From a judgment dismissing his action, he appeals.
The facts are not in dispute and are, in substance, these: The property involved consists of two unoccupied city lots. On March 11, 1915, the legal title to the property stood in the name of the respondent J. L. E. McCoy. McCoy, on that date, his wife joining in the deed, conveyed the property to one Anna S. Root, then the wife of Oliver H. Root. The conveyance was made in the consummation of a trade whereby J. L. E. McCoy and wife…
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