Coates v. Teabo
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Huston, J., entered February 1, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to quiet title to land.
1Opinion of the CourtHadltsy, J.
This action was brought to quiet title to certain land, and Samuel It. McCaw and Joseph Teabo were made defendants. Both defendants answered, setting up claims adverse to plaintiff, but pending the action the plaintiff and the defendant McCaw adjusted their differences, and a supplemental answer was filed showing such settlement. The issue which was tried was that made by the complaint and defendant Teabo’s answer.
Both parties admit that the land in question was conveyed by the United States by patent to Marcellus Spott, an Indian. In January, 1903, said Spott died intestate, and he was at…
2Cited by1 opinion
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