City of Seattle v. Hinckley
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Arthur E. Griffin, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered September 12, 1911, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This action was brought by the city of Seattle to quiet title to a strip of land thirty feet wide, known as “Galer street,” being the north thirty feet of lot 1, section 30, township 25, north, range 4, E. W. M. The complaint alleges that, for the past twenty years, this strip has been openly, continuously, adversely and uninterruptedly used and occupied, under a claim of right, as a public street by the city, its inhabitants and the public generally. These allegations were traversed by the answer, which also sets up matter in estoppel against the city. Upon the issues so framed, the cause…
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