Chase v. Carney

The purpose of this action was to set aside a sheriff’s deed and quiet title to the property covered thereby in the plaintiffs. The trial was to the court without a jury and resulted in findings of fact from which it was concluded that the plaintiffs were not entitled to the relief which they sought; and from the judgment entered dismissing the complaint and quieting the title in the defendant Elvin P. Carney, the plaintiffs appealed.

The preliminary facts may be summarized as follows: In 1922, water district No. 7, in King county, was organized. Within the district there was created a local…