Consolidated Freight Lines, Inc. v. Groenen

In 1935, the Consolidated Freight Lines, Inc., acquired, as a freight depot site, lots 7 to 11, inclusive, in the south half of block 9 of Nosler’s Addition to the city of Spokane. Lots 9, 10, and 11 were purchased from Spokane county. All the lots were unimproved, and, so far as a visual ground inspection would disclose, appeared to be full-sized, but 10 and 11 were, in fact, fractional in the sense that they did not extend all the way from the south line of the block to the graded east-west alley running through the center. This was due to the interposition of a small unplatted tract, a…