O'Brien v. McKelvey
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered September 27, 1909, granting-a new trial, after a trial and judgment in favor of the plain-tiffs, in an action of ejectment.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is a suit for the recovery of the possession of certain lots in South Seattle, and for damages for their wrongful detention. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are husband and wife, that the defendants are husband and wife, that the plaintiffs are the owners of the property, and that the defendants, since May, 1908, have wrongfully withheld the possession from them, to their damage in the sum of $250. The separate answer of the defendant husband denies both the plaintiffs’ ownership and the wrongful detention, and affirmatively alleges that one Frank Elsholtz is the owner of the…
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