Barton v. Wickizer

Citations

• 41 Wash. 293
• 83 P. 312
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 956

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Dismissal — Bonds — Amount of Supersedeas Bond — Money Judgment for Betterments in Ejectment. Upon appeal by plaintiff from a judgment in ejectment for the possession of premises, requiring the plaintiff to pay the value of improvements, it is not necessary that the amount of the supersedeas bond on appeal be fixed by the court, and a bond in double the amount of the money judgment and $200 additional is sufficient.</p> <p>Ejectment — Bona Fide Occupants — Allowance for Betterments — Statutes—Retrospective Effect. Laws, 1903, p. 262, providing that in an action by the owner to recover possession, the bona fide occupants of land may offset the value of improvements made in good faith, is not retroactive, and there can be no recovery for improvements made prior to the enactment of said statute.</p>