Legal Opinion
King County v. Rasmussen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2002No. 01-35610PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a dispute over a 100-foot-wide strip of land running along a portion of the eastern shore of Lake Sammamish in King County, Washington, *1080that was formerly used as part of a railway corridor. King County filed suit against the Rasmussens to quiet title over this strip of land, which bisects the Rasmus-sens’ property, and to obtain a declaratory judgment that it is entitled to quiet enjoyment of the strip.
King County claims it owns a fee simple estate in the strip. The Rasmussens, in turn, claim that their predecessors in interest…
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