Seymour v. Dufur

Citations

• 53 Wash. 646
• 102 P. 756
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1385

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment — Record Title — Presumptions. The plaintiff in ejectment cannot recover on the strength of a deed from a common grantor, whose prior deed of the same property to one P. was already on record when plaintiff’s deed was made, P. having subsequently conveyed the record title to the defendants; and it is not incumbent on the defendants to explain their record title, or allowable for the court to indulge in presumptions to overthrow it.</p> <p>Same — Title. The plaintiff in ejectment must recover, if at all, on the strength of his own title.</p> <p>Adverse Possession — Payment oe Taxes — Successive Payments; Under Bal. Code, § 5504, providing for the acquisition of .title to vacant and unoccupied land by the payment, under color of title, of all taxes for seven successive years, the taxes must be paid continuously each successive year.</p>