Great Northern Railway Co. v. Hower
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Bell, J., entered July 5, 1911, dismissing an action to quiet title, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation, against James A. Hower and others, to quiet title to land. Defendants’ demurrer was sustained to the amended complaint. Thereupon plaintiff declined to plead further, and appealed from an order of dismissal.
The amended complaint is too voluminous to be here set forth. The appellant railway company, as successor of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company, a corporation, claims the land under act of Congress of August 5, 1892, 27 Stats, at Large, p. 390, chap. 382. The amended complaint alleges that on October 20, 1892, the St.…
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