Baker v. Leonard

How courts have described this case

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• discussing the elements of a constructive trust under Washington state law, which do not include consideration
• \[l]egislative silence regarding the construed portion of the statute in a subsequent amendment creates a presumption of acquiescence in that construction\ (emphasis added)
• amendment to a statute without alteration of a section previously interpreted by the courts evidences legislative acquiescence in the interpretation
• “legislative silence regarding the construed portion of the statute in a subsequent amendment creates a presumption of acquiescence in that construction” (emphasis added)
• amendment to a statute without alteration of a section previously interpreted by the courts evidences legislative acquiescence in the interpretation
• “Legislative silence regarding the construed portion of the statute in a subsequent amendment creates a presumption of acquiescence in that construction.”

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