O'Brien v. Wilson

Citations

• 51 Wash. 52
• 97 P. 1115
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 965

Syllabus

<p>Adverse Possession- — -Public Lands — Limitations. Title to school lands cannot be acquired by adverse possession, and the territorial act, Bal. Code, § 4807, providing that limitations prescribed for the commencement of actions shall run against the state, county or other public corporations, so far as the same gives title to school lands by adverse possession, is repugnant to the state constitution and to the acts of Congress providing that school lands shall not be disposed of except at public auction for full market value paid or secured to the state.</p>