Wilkes v. Davies
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King Comity.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dunbar, C. J.
— This was an action at law to recover the alleged value of improvements on school land. The plaintiff alleged his possession of said lands by virtue of a lease from the county commissioners of King county; the appraisement of the land by the county commissioners, under the act to provide for the sale and leasing of school lands, approved March 28, 1890 (Laws 1889-90, p. 438), and all the subsequent steps taken by the commissioners under said law. He alleged that the defendant Davies was the highest and best bidder for the land upon which *113t…
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