Petticrew v. Greenshields

Citations

• 61 Wash. 614
• 112 P. 749
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1130

Syllabus

<p>Adverse Possession — Good Eaith — Necessity. The grantee in a quitclaim deed having knowledge that the grantor was a stranger to the title and that the title was vested in another, cannot show good faith or gain title by adverse possession, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 788, giving title by adverse possession under claim and color of title made in good faith, and the payment of taxes for seven years.</p> <p>Adverse Possession — Vacant Land — Acts of Ownership. The occasional hauling of wood for domestic use from a tract of 640 acres of land, wholly unoccupied and unimproved, is not such an act of adverse possession as to indicate a claim of title.</p> <p>Deeds — Delivery—Acceptance—Ratification. The procuring of a deed from a railroad company by a banker, who looked after the interests of the grantee and made final payment, is a sufficient delivery to the grantee, with acceptance and ratification by him, where he thereafter tried to obtain a statement from the banker and settle with him.</p> <p>Equity — Laches —Quieting Title —Limitation of Actions. Laches will not prevent the quieting of title to land, if suit is brought within the period of the statute of limitations, if the equities involved do not call for the exercise of the discretion of a court of equity.</p>