Hale v. Ball
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Neal, J., entered May 3, 1911, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
In December, 1892, the defendant Joe Ball, the owner of section 9, township 22, north, range 36, east, Willamette Meridian, dug post holes for a fence across and along the north side of said section. The country there*436about was open and unfenced, and the northeast corner of section 9 was marked by the original government monuments, and the northwest corner of the section was also marked by a stone which has been accepted as the true section comer. When digging the post holes, he claims that he found that he was off the true line, and made an angle to reach the northeast corner of the section.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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