North Pacific Public Service Co. v. Clark

The plaintiff brought this action to quiet title to certain timber land. The defendant denied the claimed right of the plaintiff and, by cross-complaint, sought to have the title to the property quieted in himself as receiver of the Montborne Lumber Company. The trial was to the court without a jury and resulted in a judgment denying the claim of the defendant and sustaining that of the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed.

The Montborne Lumber Company is a corporation organized under the laws of this state, with its principal place of business in Mount Vernon, Skagit county, and it…