In Re Fourth Avenue South

The relevant facts in this matter are not in dispute. On the 10th of June, 1941, the respondent Lanza, having an unsatisfied judgment against the appellants, George Nelson and Agnes Nelson, his wife, issued an execution which was duly levied upon their undivided half interest in the west 270 feet of lots 1 to 5, inclusive, block 272, Seattle tide lands.. The other half interest stood in the names of the trustees of the Lehman trust. Lanza purchased the Nelsons’ half interest at the ensuing execution sale on July 19, 1941, for the sum of two hundred dollars. The sale was regularly, confirmed,…