Kent Lumber Co. v. Clarke

Citations

• 79 Wash. 523
• 140 P. 556
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1215

Syllabus

<p>Public Lands — Homestead—Title op Entryman. A homestead claimant, dying after final proof and before issuance of the final receipt or patent, had an equitable title which could be devised by will.</p> <p>Abstracts of Title — Requisites—Merchantable Title. An abstract of title, to show a marketable title, need not give the proof of heirship that was offered in probate or in the general land office as a basis of title, but is sufficient, where the title, supplemented by public records to which attention is directed, discloses a merchantable title to the land.</p>