Darrin v. Humes
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Clifford, J., entered September 17, 1909, 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.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought by the respondent to quiet title against the claim of appellants, and for possession of certain real estate. At the trial of the case, the court granted the relief prayed for in the complaint, and the defendants have appealed.
Upon the trial of the case, it appeared that the appellants were in possession of the land under a claim of right by reason of the fact that their grantor had purchased the same at a void tax sale. Appellants knew that the tax sale was invalid and, at the time of the trial, did not claim to have title to the land, but insisted that they had an…
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