Legal Opinion

Todd v. Sterling

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 19, 1954No. 32836PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOlson, J.

Defendants have appealed from a decree, entered after a trial to the court, establishing that a public road over their land was acquired by prescription.

The trial court found that plaintiff and defendants own adjoining tracts of land in the same section in Grant county, Washington, in an area of about thirty-five hundred acres known locally as the “McConihie Flats”; that, in 1907, one McConihie selected a homestead in the section adjacent to the land owned by these parties; that, between 1907 and 1919, at least one or more settlers lived in this area and used the road in question; that the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Northwest Cities Gas Co. v. Western Fuel Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Roediger v. CullenWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  3. State Ex Rel. Shorett v. Blue Ridge Club, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1945
  4. King County v. HagenWashington Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Stevens County v. BurrusWashington Supreme Court · 1935

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cox v. CoxIdaho Supreme Court · 1962
  2. GRANITE BEACH HOLDINGS v. StateCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2000
  3. Granite Beach Holdings, L.L.C. v. Department of Natural ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2000
  4. Cuillier v. CoffinWashington Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Gray v. McDonaldWashington Supreme Court · 1955

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