Sawyer v. Gray
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Equity. Suit by W. G. Sawyer and Frances Sawyer, his wife, and Alfred C. Tuxbury and Luna B. Tuxbury, his wife, against Raymond S. Gray and Sena Gray, his wife, W. A. Gray and Lois Gray, his wife, Charles S. Forbes and Adelaide F. Forbes, his wife, Frank L. Huston, John H. Patten and Dora W. Patten, his wife, W. W. Barr and Gertrude G. Barr, his wife, and the Milwaukee Land Company. On demurrer to second amended bill for want of equity.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
This matter is for decision upon the demurrer of certain of the defendants to the second amended bill of complaint for want of equity. The bill contains the following allegations :
That complainants are citizens of the United States. That, in 1899, the state of Washington requested the Department of the Interior, pursuant to the act of August 18, 1894, for a survey of certain lands, *161including those in dispute, at which time the latter were unappropriated, unsurvcyed public lands of the United States. The lands were surveyed and plat filed April 10, 1901. By the terms of…
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