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RAY v. KING COUNTY

No. 50105-4-I.

86 P.3d 183 (2004)

Gerald L. RAY and Kathryn B. Ray, husband and wife, Appellants, v. KING COUNTY, a political subdivision, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

March 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Maurice Groen, Groen Stephens & Klinge LLP, Bellevue, WA, for Appellants.

Scott David Johnson, King County Administration Building, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Kristopher Ian Tefft, Olympia, WA, for Amicus Curiae (Building Industry Assn. of Washington).

COX, A.C.J.

This quiet title action presents two questions. First, did an 1887 deed to a railroad convey fee title or an easement? Second, did events subsequent to that conveyance divest the railroad of the interest conveyed by that deed?

We hold that Bill Hilchkanum and Mary Hilchkanum, grantors, conveyed fee title by deed dated May 9, 1887 to the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railway ("the Railway"). We also hold...

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