Hartigan v. Hoffman

Citations

• 16 Wash. 34
• 47 P. 217
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 6

Syllabus

<p>DEED—DESCRIPTION—EXECUTION BY ATTORNEY IN PACT — EVIDENCE — OBJECTIONS NOT RAISED BELOW.</p> <p>Where a deed executed by an attorney in fact has been introduced in evidence, without objection that no proof of the authority under which it had been executed had been shown, such objection cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.</p> <p>A description of premises in a deed is void for uncertainty, when it merely describes the land as “East half, northeast quarter and northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 13, in town 35 range eight east,” without specifying the meridian nor whether the township is north or south, nor the county or state in which the land is situated. (Carson v. Railsback, 3 Wash. T. 168, distinguished.)</p>