UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 976.

4 F.Supp. 77 (1933)

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON et al.

District Court, W. D. Washington, N. D.

June 21, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Savage, U. S. Atty., and Jeffrey Heiman, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Seattle, Wash.

James C. McKnight, of Seattle, Wash., for defendants.


NETERER, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

A right in gross is personal to the grantee. Cowan v. Gladder, 120 Wn. 144, 206 P. 923. The United States has a mere personal interest in the land of the defendants. Cadwalader v. Bailey, 17 R.I. 495, 23 A. 20, 14 L. R. A. 300; Weigold v. Bates, 144 Misc. 395, 258 N.Y.S. 695; 9 R. C. L. 739; Messenger v. Ritz, 345 Ill. 433, 178 N. E. 38. The rights of the plaintiff and the defendants are governed by the principles...

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