Martin v. Walters

Appellant, Patricia Martin, brought this action to quiet title in herself to a long, 115-foot-wide tract of land situated in Thurston County, claiming that she had obtained title by 10 years or more of adverse possession. The tract was located between appellant’s property and that of the respondents, Marion and Marguerite Walters, and included considerable frontage on St. Clair Lake. The trial court dismissed the appellant’s claim and quieted title in the respondents.

In the 1940’s a Mr. A. O. Pherson, plaintiff’s predecessor in interest, was under the mistaken assumption that he owned the…