Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. George
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered March 20, 1908, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action of ejectment.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
— Respondent brought this action in ejectment against the appellants. The cause was tried to the court below without a jury. The trial resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
The property in dispute is a strip of land in lot 7, section 19, township 19, north, of range 5, east, W. M., lying between two parallel lines distant thirty-three feet and two hundred feet, respectively, northerly from the center line of respondent’s main track of railway, crossing said lot 7. Said parallel lines run parallel to the center line of the railway. The respondent claims this…
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