Felix v. Yaksum
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chelan county, Grimshaw, J., entered January 3,1913, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to quiet title, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, J. —
This is an action to quiet title to land, in which the plaintiffs, Mary Felix and her husband, claim title by virtue of a parol gift of the land to them from the defendant Anastus Yaksum and the entering into possession of, and making valuable permanent improvements upon, the land in reliance upon such gift. The defendant Anastus Yaksum denied having made the gift, and the other defendants claim interests in the land under certain conveyances made by Anastus Yaksum since the making of the gift as claimed by the plaintiffs. The defendants also claim that Anastus Yak-sum, being an…
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