United States v. Ashton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Washington
Suit in equity to determine adverse claims to land situated in the rim of Tacoma Harbor between the line of high tide and deep water. Heard on the bill of complaint and the answers of the several defendants. Decree for the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
Upon the hearing of an application for an order referring this case to the master in chancery for the taking of evidence, the defendants by their solicitors contended vigorously that such reference is unnecessary, and the merits of the case were very fully presented as if the hearing had been upon the bill and answers of the defendants, and upon due consideration the court finds that the controversy involved is easily determinable from conclusions declucible from the pleadings, together with indisputable facts of general notoriety and public documents and records of…
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