Legal Opinion

Feurer v. Stewart

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington

Decided November 5, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action by Louis Feurer against Olive J. Stewart on a covenant of warranty of title in a deed. Heard on demurrer to complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

HANFORD, District Judge.

This is an action at law to recover damages for the breach of a covenant of general warranty of title *794contained in a deed conveying certain lots situated on the shore of the harbor of the city of Seattle. The description of the premises contained in the deed refers to a plat, which shows the lots to be located partly on the land above the line of ordinary high tide and extending into the water; and the complaint alleges that in the negotiations for the sale of the property to the plaintiff, the defendant represented that said lots extended to deep water, or ship…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Kutz v. McCuneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Barre v. FlemingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Montgomery v. ReedSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1879
  5. St. Joseph & G. I. R. Co. v. DevereuxU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas · 1889

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pembroke Pembroke v. Peninsular Terminal Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
  2. Schafroth v. RossCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  3. First Nat. Bank of Ryan v. SappingtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916

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