Squires v. Higginson

Citations

• 50 Wash. 364
• 97 P. 240
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 737

Syllabus

<p>Cancellation oe Instruments — Deeds—Fraud—Evidence — Sueeiciency. A quitclaim is properly set aside for fraud, where it appears that the grantee represented to the nonresident owner, while on a visit to the city, that the lots were unimproved and of little value and that he had lost title through foreclosure and sale of taxes (which were long delinquent), and that the grantee was the tax title holder when in fact he was not interested therein, and knew that the lots were valuable and had been improved by parties in possession under void tax proceedings; that the owner had not seen the lots and relied upon such statements and was not acquainted with their value, and without seeing the lots or knowing of his rights, made the quitclaim of property worth $700, in consideration of $40, with intent to clear up the title of the holder of the tax deed.</p>