Matson v. Johnson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kitsap county, Yakey, J., entered February 28, 1907, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to quiet title as against purchasers at an executor’s sale.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
F. Lanston died testate in Kitsap county in this state on the 15th day of June, 1902. During his last illness and a few days before his death, he called in one of his neighbors and directed him to prepare a deed and will in order that he might execute them. A deed was accordingly prepared purporting to convey the property now in controversy to the three minors who are plaintiffs in this action. The instrument was signed by the grantor in the presence of two witnesses, but was not acknowledged because there was no officer present authorized by law to take the acknowledgment of deeds. The…
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