Legal Opinion
Reichenbach v. Washington Short Line Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 26, 1894No. 1368PublishedCited by 35 opinions
Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce County.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
The complaint showed that on the 12th day of May, 1887, the appellants and Thomas E. and Cora E. Nixon, as owners of certain lots in Wallace’s Addition to Tacoma, executed and delivered to Allen C. Mason a deed for a right of way over said lots for a railroad. The deed was set out by way of exhibit to the complaint, and recites the purpose of Mason to build a railroad, the consideration of one dollar, and the benefit to accrue to the grantors from the construction of the railroad. The granting clause gives to the grantee, his heirs or…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Schulenberg v. HarrimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Nicoll v. . the New-York and Erie Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Ruch v. Rock IslandSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Spithill v. JonesWashington Supreme Court · 1891
- Smith v. Wingard, Washington Territory1887
3Cited by35 opinions
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- King County v. Squire Investment Co.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1991
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