Wood v. Earls

Citations

• 39 Wash. 21
• 80 P. 837
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 804

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment—Defenses—Peima Facie Case — Sufficiency — Non-suit—Judicial Notice of Facts Not in Evidence. In ejectment, where the plaintiff makes out a prima fade case by a complete chain of title, the defendants’ claim of title through earlier conveyances, adverse possession, or a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another case, must be pleaded and-proved, and it is error to grant a nonsuit by improperly taking judicial notice of such facts not put in evidence.</p>