Rowland v. Eskeland
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from the judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Huston, J., entered March 2'5, 1905, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs after a trial before the court without a jury, upon sustaining an objection to the introduction of any evidence in support of defendant’s answer, in an action of ejectment.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
This is an action in ejectment brought by the respondents, to obtain possession of certain real estate in Pierce county. The complaint alleges title by virtue of a county treasurer’s deed, issued under tax foreclosure proceedings upon a certificate of delinquency. The appellants answered the complaint, and denied generally the allegations thereof, and alleged three affirmative defenses, which, omitting the formal parts, are as follows:
“(1) That these defendants during the last past sixteen years have been and still are in the peaceable, continuous, open, notorious, and adverse possession and…
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