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ROEDER CO. v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

Nos. 51136-5, 51196-9.

105 Wn.2d 567 (1986)

716 P.2d 855

THE ROEDER COMPANY, Respondent, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Defendant, CLARENCE HARPER, ET AL, Appellants. THE ROEDER COMPANY, Respondent, v. HOWARD BURTON PORTER, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Davis, for appellants Harper, et al.

Robert Burks and Sam Peach, for appellants Porter, et al.

Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones and Douglas C. Ross, for respondent.

ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

At issue in this case is whether title to abandoned railroad rights of way in the Bellingham area should be quieted in the successor of the original grantor of the rights of way or in the owners of the property abutting the rights of way.

This case concerns two of the seven lawsuits brought by the Roeder Company to quiet title to abandoned railroad rights of way.1 These suits involved seven...

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