Case Name: Ben C. Camp, Appellant, v. Ferry County et al., Respondents
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1925-02-13
Citations: 132 Wash. 644
Docket Number: No. 18691
Parties: Ben C. Camp, Appellant, v. Ferry County et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 132
Pages: 644–644

Head Matter:
[No. 18691.
Department Two.
February 13, 1925.]
Ben C. Camp, Appellant, v. Ferry County et al., Respondents.
New Trial, (22) — Grounds—Sufficiency of Evidence. An order denying a new trial will be reversed where the court’s findings are negatived to such an extent that the denial of the new trial was an improper exercise of discretion.
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Stevens county, Hill, J., entered May 12, 1924, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action to quiet title, tried to the court.
Reversed.
Burton J. Onstine, Del Cary Smith, and W. H. Jackson, for appellant.
Osee W. Noble and Frank M. Allyn, for respondents.
Reported in 233 Pac. 13.

Opinion:
Mackintosh, J.
This action was brought to establish title in the appellant to a parcel of unplatted land in Stevens county, lying on the east bank of the Columbia river. He relies on adverse possession and a tax deed from the Columbia irrigation district. The effect of the deed depends on the location of the government meander line, which constitutes the western boundary of the district. The motion for a new trial is accompanied by a surveyor's affidavit which negatives the court's findings as to the location of the meander line to such an extent that the court improperly exercised its discretion in denying the motion, and for that reason the decree is reversed and a new trial ordered.
Holcomb, Mitchell, Main, and Fullerton, JJ., concur.