J. F. Hart Lumber Co. v. Rucker

Appeal from Superior Court, King County.—Hon. Orange Jacobs, Judge. Action by the plaintiff to recover the value of certain improvements placed upon leased school lands by plaintiff’s assignor, the complaint alleging that defendant became liable therefor by reason of a subsequent purchase of the lands by him from the state. Among other defenses set up, it was alleged that plaintiff’s assignor, Hart, was the actual purchaser of the land in controversy; that after the sale defendant, at the request of Hart and for his use, paid the purchase money with the understanding that the land should be…