Sallee v. Bugge Canning Co.

The interpretation and effect of the Laws of 1897, chapter 71, § 26, p. 149 (since repealed), and Laws of 1907, chapter 173 (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 162; since amended), are before the court on this appeal.

In 1906, the state of Washington entered into an executory real-estate contract (being No. 3022) with John D. Dow and George Simpson, whereby it agreed to sell and they agreed to buy tidelands in Jefferson county having a frontage of 217.85 chains. By various assignments, the respondent (and by “respondent” we refer to A. A. Bugge, as trustee of the Bugge Canning Company) became the owner of…