Hay v. Chehalis Mill Co.

It is sought by this action to have the title to certain real estate and the title'to the timber thereon unified and quieted in the plaintiffs. Trial before the court, without a jury, resulted in a judgment wholly adverse to plaintiffs. From the judgment, the plaintiffs have appealed.

On and prior to May 18, 1907, J. A. Veness and Augusta Veness, his wife, as a community, owned two tracts of land, each comprising’ forty acres, in Lewis county, Washington. On that day, Mr. Yeness entered into a contract with B. A. Bartholomew and Walter Flanigan, predecessors in interest of the appellants, for…