Crodle v. Dodge
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, D. F. Wright, J., entered December 18, 1916, dismissing an action for equitable relief, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
Some time prior to May 1, 1884, Laura E. Smith made homestead entry on a quarter section of land in Thurston county. On that date she became the wife of Marian Rutledge, and on March 4, 1885, the plaintiff, Stella *122Rutledge Crodle, was born as the issue of this marriage. Thereafter and on August 4, 1891, a patent was issued by the United States, granting the land to the heirs of Laura E. Rutledge, deceased, which patent was filed for record in the office of the auditor of Thurston county on September 1, 1894. Two days after plaintiff’s birth, her mother died intestate, leaving as her sole…
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