Christopher v. Ferris
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered January 11, 1909, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for equitable relief.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
The respondent brought this action to subject certain real property to a lien arising out of three separate causes of action. In the first it was alleged that, during the year 1906, respondent and his brother advanced money to George W. Kuppler, which it was represented was to be invested in lands and title taken in the name of respondent’s brother; but that Kuppler used the money in paying for the lot in controversy; that on May 15, 1907, the fraud being discovered, Kuppler gave the Christophers his note for $1,306, secured by a mortgage upon this lot. The title of the lot on May 15, 1907,…
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