Dibble v. Bellingham Bay Land Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
EBBOR TO THE SUFREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. This was a complaint filed by tbe Bellingham Bay Land Company against Carmi Dibble in the Superior Court of ■Whatcom County, Washington, on June 7, 1891, seeking a decree quieting plaintiff’s title to certain lands therein described, and establishing the existence and validity of a certain power of attorney alleged to have been lost without having been recorded.
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EBBOR TO THE SUFREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. This was a complaint filed by tbe Bellingham Bay Land Company against Carmi Dibble in the Superior Court of ■Whatcom County, Washington, on June 7, 1891, seeking a decree quieting plaintiff’s title to certain lands therein described, and establishing the existence and validity of a certain power of attorney alleged to have been lost without having been recorded. Defendant disclaimed as to the west half of the property in question, and, after demurrer overruled to an amended complaint, answered by way of denial and assertion of defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
By section two of article XXYII of the constitution of the State, all laws in force in the Territory of Washington not repugnant to that constitution were continued in force until they expired by their own limitation or were altered or repealed by the legislature.
By section five of the territorial act of February 2,1388, brought forward as section 1117 of the General Statutes, (1 Hill’s Statutes and Codes, 506,) it was provided that all powers of attorney theretofore made and executed by any married woman joined with her husband and duly acknowledged and certified, and all powers of attorney…
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