State ex rel. Shores v. Ross

Citations

• 47 Wash. 210
• 91 P. 762
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 741

Syllabus

<p>Public Lands—Tide Lands—Sales—Application—Impbovements. Upon application for a sale of state tide lands, the applicant must advise the hoard of land commissioners of the true condition of the lands with respect to improvements, and it is no excuse that he claims the improvements thereon to he not of the character contemplated hy the statute, or that he was not advised thereof.</p> <p>Same—Collusion at Sale—Evidence—Stoticiency. The evidence sufficiently shows collusion among bidders at a sale of state tide lands, warranting a refusal to deliver a deed therefor, where it appears that the applicant and two real estate speculators were the only bidders present at the sale, that after consultation among them, one of the speculators withdrew, and .that three lots of the válue of $2,000 were struck off for $87.50, one to the applicant and two to the other speculator, who immediately directed receipts to be made to the applicant, whose representative then signed an agreement to pay $500 for services, $200 of which was to go to one of the speculators and $300 to the other.</p>