The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-17
d0UD ON THE TITLE.
s.,umbia Lot Owner Says the
Plat Was Not Filed
. WANTS HIS MONEY BACK,
-. Customs Inspector Wants q
ptyorce-Alimony For Deserted
wffe-A Verbal WIN.

.c,,an was begun IN the superior
-.',rt Yesterday that seems to throw q
sss-s an ne title OF al u lots In Co
Z 6 - The reason as set forward in
7. c,rolairs liz that the plat OF the
- ~ Columbia has never been
- m file for record with the
\ 100 auditor, and that IN reality there
!. - sush plat 10 be found.
ssss NIT n entitled Robert Blackburn
,aa washington Cooperative Home
-.,,r,any and the Coin.E.sta Home Conn.,
- ard Blackburn ID endeavoring to
k,-eet 500 alleged damages for fraudu-
80 representation in real estate con-
sses He says that In June. 1891. the
xsssiugton Cooperative Home Com
NV claimed to own In fee simple lot
a. block 81, town OF Columbia. and
.sspresen:ed to him that a plat OF the
! t,~n asd been recorded. Relying on
these representations. he says he
i Aouxft the lot, paying SO earnest
aoney. and afterward making pay
rrfs aggregating SIS to the WASH
s.rton Cooperative Home Company.
q be applied on the purchase price.
! ABOUT the time Blackburn had done
mis- much toward paying for his lot. he
ays. the Washington Cooperative
aune Company was succeeded by the
cdumbsa Home Company. which had
eurchased the interest OF the former
epupany, and as Blackburn alleges
esuduientiy claimed the right to coll
ict the balance due On the purchase
nice. In consequence. he says. he paid
ne balance due the company.
After making the final payment It
occurred to Blackburn that ne wculd do
vel 70 LOOK further into his title, and
he thereby discovered that there was no
ssat Of the town OF Columbia on record
d the county auditors Office. He has
therefore sued both companies for dam
sga
All Seattle will recall the flourish and
lash with which the town OF Columbia
MS projected and at last created
through the activity of Percy Roches-
itr The Rainier avenue car line was
built, all the daily papers were filled
with immense page advertisements an
bouncing the birth Of the town. and on
she portentous day free excursions were
fun out TO the site of the future reci-
dsnce portion OF Seattle" NO matter
where the eye was directed. 1t fell upon
ihn legend Columbia. watch 1t grow"
and many people. taking 1t for granted
that Columbia was TO be great place.
made purchases Of property. The scheme
vas for the purchaser to pay on the in
ssaiimens plan, and for the company to
erect a neat residence. so that while a
r&p paid for his house and LOT ne at the
Agne time saved rent. 1t took only a
short calculation to convince the aver
age man anxious TO get ahead in the
world that In a year. two years or three
years he would be gamer a home.
Eyerything went nicely until the
fringency In the money market began.
Columbia was effected about as soon as
any undertaking in the vicinity OF this
city. and when the payments were
Slapped on the lots the company found
tse.f without money to proceed. FL
naaly the Washington Cooperative
Company was displaced by the Column
bia Home Company. organized by ]. X.
Kdtniston. and IL went into the hands
q receiver at the same time as his
Security Savings hank.