Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Samuel
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided March 10, 1986No. 14086-8-IPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
On May 22, 1978, Irene C. Nelson negotiated a 30-year lease for certain lots of Lake Washington shorelands from the Washington Department of Natural Resources. In September 1980, Nelson filed a petition in King County Superior Court for appropriation of an easement for a private way of necessity over Robert C. Samuel's land because the leasehold property was landlocked. It is undisputed that Nelson knew the property was landlocked before she executed the lease.
In 1981 Solveig Green, a respondent in the action below, moved to dismiss Nelson's action based on her failure to join certain…
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