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JOHANSON v. WASHINGTON

No. 282.

190 U.S. 179 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 825

47 L.Ed. 1008

JOHANSON v. WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.W. Corliss for plaintiff in error. Mr. O.C. McGilvra, Mr. Henry W. Lung and Mr. John F. Main were on the brief.

Mr. W.B. Stratton, attorney general of the State of Washington, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

Under the statutes of Washington an action in form similar to the old action of ejectment may be maintained in favor of one who has a superior title, whether legal or equitable. Ballinger's Code, secs. 5500, 5508. No patent is shown to have been issued by the General Government, and the question, therefore, is whether the State obtained an equitable title by virtue of the...

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