The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-28
FOR A LARGE AMOUNT.
.nrrs FEuHER CLAIMS So. g3s 10
FROM MRS. O. j. STEWART.
~.tgEre of Title In q Real Estate
observation-disclosures William VI.
Levi. Piles His Ffr.t Annual Re-
,orf of the ". G. Hill Essate--The
Fremont Mil Rent Dispute ssn
IN Court

Louis Feursr yesterday began an action
i. the superior court against Mrs. Olive
! gsswart 20 recover 81 81. 10 and In
rsrsst, the amount IL which hs claims 10
sase been damaged by the failure Of title
ID certain real estate deed made ny her
g him
The complaint states tnat tha property
saesuaeG IN the deed is as follows: TIE
n5rrh hals o. lot 4. and al CT sotx 8. g. :,
ard 81 q lots 5, s. I. s. 8 IL and Il, block
!. TIE north aaif Of lot 4 and al OF lets
Ss g. 2 70 and Il, Ia block !: al specl-
.e0 fn the deed 70 lie In William y. Bets
Seventh addition. TIE deed also included
Z transfer OF al the Riparian. lttoEA
ssd seash0re and water front rights" al
.aching 20 this property. The desd WAS
the result OF a purchase b. Feursr tom
Mrs. Stewart on November :. 1853. the
price paid being $500, and sac agFesing
to defend title
The l0fs in blocks and ?. according &c
re complaint were laid OF on tide land.
snd those Ia block ! were destaeated Ia
tie plat as extending about 30 feet 70
~aterward, and fl VAS noted "a The plat
t6at these lots extended % deep water.
Fsurer states that his ehLef ocJsct In
hayiaz the property wAs 70 erect and con
eaef thereon an extensive bFewing and
Gs&tetss@ I7A1NA4@AAAsEs4As A%A NA@s@E &A+r--5
70 deep water Was necessary. This p0int
e made clear 70 Mrs. Stewart a. TIE TINE
O, TIRE Purchase. and she assured hln
that the lots in block ! extended cut 70
deep water. According 20 the plat the
los in block had a total area OF g.
square feet. and those IN block l. giving
them depth OF 30 feet. had a total area
Of 5000 square feet.
Relying on this pat ard on Mrs. Stew
q IA "A aP sh@
warranty deed. SIR Fearer claims that
he believed implicitly In the validity and
extent OF the title thus acquired BY him
Indeed. be says that tbs lots Ia block /.
pBrporting 10 extend out to deep water.
were by far the most valuable part Of TIE
property 80 him. since the value OF MS
whole purchase depended mainly on Is
ssaptAbiity 20 wharfage and shipping
purposes. He estimates that with the sx-
tension TO deep water the lots n block ]
were worth 70 him az the time OK the
purchase $50 co. without it not more than
@ 800: that those IN block : were worth,
without the extension. not mors thaa
g. 90. that those In block were worth
with the extension. $4,000. without Il not
n0re than A.0o0.
He further complains that la reality
Mrs. Stewart was not the owner o. the
particularly valuable lots In question.
bat that the title to them was held BY the
United States In trust for the territory o.
Washington. and BY the state % Washing
ton after It's admission to the Union No
MEMBER II. fsS9. and that the inner harbor
HE established by the state July L. lea
a. q distance OF 1894 feet from the land
ward boundary OF these lots. expelled
Feurer from possession Of the outer izst~
feet. thus completely cutting OF his access
70 deep water dspriving him OF S.Sls
square feet of the land ne had bought
anA destroying the chief value OF his en-
tire purchase he lost 2s.5so square feet
additional from the rsplattinz and laying
en- Of streets by the commissioner Of pub
He lands February II. 1885. as approved b.
The city council.
lie further complains that Ars. stewart
did not defend the title, as she bad agreed
to do, and that he was eompailed 10 pr--
chase from thu state al that part OF the
lots 10 blocks and covered by the new
pat. es.3ss square feet IN block and
N.5li square feet In block 2 Tor this be
paid S5llss on May Il. 1875. In making
this purchase he claims that his attend
ant expenses on and prior TO January 2,
lSss were $4is.Ss
He asks judgment for Sc, 10. with
legal Interest on 1880 since November :.
40 AID interest on s4ise5 since January
2 iSa. and interest on Sals.E since May Is.
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