McMillan v. Walker

Citations

• 48 Wash. 342
• 93 P. 520
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 863

Syllabus

<p>Forcible Entry and Detainer — Evidence of Title — Judgment— Admissibility. In an action of unlawful detainer, a foreclosure judgment establishing a clear legal title in the plaintiff is admissible in evidence, although the defendant was not a party to the foreclosure and his equities were not affected thereby; since his claim of paramount title fails if he does not establish any of his affirmative defenses.</p> <p>Limitation of Actions — Disability—Minority. The ten-year statute of limitations for actions for the recovery of real property does not begin to run against a minor until he attains his majority.</p> <p>Adverse Possession — Payment of Taxes — Claim of Title — Evidence — Sufficiency. A plea of adverse possession of real property, by the payment of taxes for seven years under claim of title, is not sustained by evidence that a third party had paid taxes at defendant’s request for quite a while, no year or series of years being specified, nor where evidence of his claim of title by purchase was contradictory and evasive.</p>