United States Ninth Circuit

County was held to own a fee simple estate in a strip of land, formerly used as a railroad right-of-way, where a homestead owner had the power to convey land by perfecting title prior to conveyance, and deed conveyed a fee simple interest under Washington law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/13/2002
• Decided 08/09/2002
• Published 08/09/2002

Judges

• Before B. FLETCHER and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and MURGUIA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• J. Jarrette Sandlin,Sandlin Law Firm, Zillah, WA, for the defendants-counter-plaintiffs-appellants., Howard P. Schneiderman and Scott Johnson, King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee.