Tullis v. Tacoma Land Co.

Citations

• 19 Wash. 140
• 52 P. 1017
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 339

Syllabus

<p>LANDLORD AND TENANT — TIDE LANDS — RIGHT TO PURCHASE.</p> <p>A tenant of tide lands holding under lease from the upland owner could not, in the absence of fraud, acquire a prior right of purchase, under Gen. Stat., § 2172, as against his landlord, by making improvements thereon prior to March 26, 1890, even though the lessor had never been in actual possession of the tide land, if the lessee had no other claim of title than ihis possession under the lease.</p>