Phillips v. Tompson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered January 20,1912, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, C. J.
This action was commenced by Annie B. Phillips', Charles G. Phillips, Jr., and Josephine R. Ker, heirs at law of Charles G. Phillips, deceased, against Louise A. Tompson and other defendants, to quiet title to eighty acres of land in King county, and redeem the same from a mortgage lien. A demurrer to their third amended complaint *79was sustained. They declined to plead further, and have appealed from an order of dismissal.
The single question presented is whether the third amended complaint states a cause of action. It is voluminous; details at length judicial proceedings hereinafter mentioned,…
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