Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. George

Citations

• 51 Wash. 303
• 98 P. 1126

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment — Title oe Plaintiff. The legal title through a patent from the government is sufficient to support ejectment.</p> <p>Public Lands — Donation Claim — Abandonment — Railboad Grant. A portion of a donation land claim, originally settled upon, is part of the public domain and is not reserved from a railroad grant, where it was not included in the Surveyor General’s subsequent survey, and had been abandoned by the settler, who in lieu thereof acquired title to the claim as surveyed.</p> <p>Adverse Possession — Abandonment—Accepting Lease. A claim of adverse possession to land is abandoned by accepting a lease thereof from the owner.</p>