Womach v. Stuermer

Citations

• 105 Wash. 625
• 178 P. 801
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 612

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant (124, 129)—Unlawful Detainer — Defenses. A tenant holding over after appointment of a receiver in partition proceedings, knowing' that the receiver was in possession and that the land was to be partitioned, cannot hold the land or the receiver for payment for summer-fallow under a contract with one of the owners who had no authority to make the contract; notwithstanding the receiver received the rent for the current year.</p> <p>Partition (22)—Receivers (60)—Sales — Title of Purchaser. Where land was sold at receiver’s sale in partition proceedings, the purchaser took the entire title, free from a tenant’s claim for summer-fallowing not of record.</p>