State Ex Rel. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Superior Court

— In the year 1921, the Kneeland Investment Company, a corporation, being then the owner of certain described lands situated in the town of Shelton, in Mason county, deeded the lands to the town to be used by it “for public park purposes;” the conveyance being made “upon the express condition subsequent that in the event that the property conveyed is put to any other or different use than that of a public park, the same shall forthwith, without further action on the part of any one, revert to and become the property of the grantor.” The town, by its proper authorities, accepted the conveyance…