King v. Branscheid

The opinion of the court was delivered hy

Dunbar, J.

The complaint in this action alleges that the plaintiff is the owner and in possession of certain real *636estate, therein described, situated in Pierce county, state of Washington; that on the Tth day of March, 1901, the defendant caused to be filed in the office of the auditor of said county a Us pendens which described the real estate of which plaintiff claimed to be the owner; that defendant’s lis pendens constituted a cloud on plaintiff’s title, and obstructed the sale and transfer of said property; that defendant claimed an interest and…