Puget Sound National Bank v. Fisher

Citations

• 52 Wash. 246
• 100 P. 724
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1101

Syllabus

<p>Courts — Jurisdiction—Quieting Title — Venue. In an action to quiet title to land alleged to be situated in a certain county where the suit was brought, and to set aside the tax deed of another county which assumed to assess the lands, the court in the first mentioned county has jurisdiction to bind all parties who appeared in the action.</p> <p>Banks — National Banks — Acquiring Title to Real Estate— Who May Question. The title to real estate taken by a national bank is not void, and is voidable only at the suit of the government.</p> <p>Statutes — Construction—Ambiguity—Counties — Boundaries— Extrinsic Evidence — Admissibility—Sufficiency. Where the statutory description of county boundaries is ambiguous and doubtful, it is admissible to show the contemporaneous construction placed thereon by the assumption and continuous exercise of jurisdiction .over the territory by the officers of one county, in relation to roads, road districts, election precincts, school districts, and the candidacy for county offices and the voting of inhabitants of the territory, and the return and assessment of its property for taxation; evidence of such long continued, undisputed control being sufficient to show that the territory was included in such county.</p>