Lohse v. Burch
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Yakey, J., entered June 30, 1905, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court "without a jury, in an action to recover possession and quiet title to real estate.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
— In 1853 one William Heebner settled upon a quarter section of land, situated in what is now King county, claiming the same under the act of Congress of September 27, 1850, commonly known as the Oregon Donation Act. Patent to the land was issued after the death of Heebner, and runs “unto the heirs at law of the said William Heebner, deceased,” without specifically naming them. In 1888 certain persons describing themselves in the instrument of conveyance as, “Ann M. Garber (widow) of Trapipe, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, Catherine Gross (widow) of Berkshire county, Massachusetts (both…
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