City of Everett v. Estate of Sumstad

26 Wn. App. 742 (1980)

614 P.2d 1294

THE CITY OF EVERETT, Plaintiff,

v.

ESTATE OF ODDMUND SUMSTAD, Respondent, AL MITCHELL, ET AL, Appellants.

No. 7327-3-I.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

July 14, 1980.

Robert S. Bryan and Lanning & Bryan, for appellants.

Wilfred E. Schlicker and Franklin & Watkins, for respondent.

DORE, J.

The Mitchells appeal from a summary judgment establishing that the estate of Oddmund Sumstad has the superior legal and equitable right in title to the sum of $32,207, found in a locked compartment of an auctioned safe.

ISSUES

ISSUE 1: Under the objective theory of…