Delacey v. Commercial Trust Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Reid, J., entered May 28, 1908, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, dismissing an action to quiet title and recover possession of land.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— In April, 1886, James Delacey, husband of the plaintiff, made settlement with his family upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, lying within the corporate limits of the city of Tacoma, in Pierce county, intending to claim it under the homestead laws of the United States. The land was within the limits of the original grant in aid of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, by Congress, under the act of July 2, 1864, and the acts and resolutions supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof. The company filed its maps of definite location May 14, 1874, and March 26, 1884, so that, at the time…
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