Legal Opinion
Guyatt v. Kautz
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1905No. 5818PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Snell, J., entered May 9, 1905, in favor of the plaintiff, upon overruling a demurrer to the complaint, and the refusal of the defendants to plead over, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Respondent, Annie Guyatt, brought this action against Nugent Kautz and August Kautz, appellants, to quiet title to one hundred and sixty acres of Puyallup Indian land, in Pierce county. The allegations of the complaint are as follows:
“(1) That on the 26th day of December, 1854, a treaty was concluded between the Puyallupi and other bands of Indians on the one part, and the United States on the other part, and was thereafter duly ratified and confirmed by the president and senate of the United States. (2) That, by thé terms of said treaty, lands were reserved for the members of said bands of…
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