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390 stories matching deed
- The Library Trustees and the Question of Control
A new library for Seattle comes with strict conditions: no religious control, no religious dogma in book selection, and strict financial oversight.
- A Lumber Company Gives the Catholics a Block—With a One-Year Deadline
The Panhandle Lumber Co. deeds a logged-over city block at Warren and First to the Jesuit society, provided it is used for a church and a building rises within a year.
- The State vs. The Oyster Poachers
Land Commissioner C.V. Savidge cancels a tide land deed in Hood Canal, setting a precedent that public oyster lands must serve the shellfish industry, not private real estate greed.
- The Grandfather, the Grandson, and the Five Acres That Vanished From the Deed
Seymour Wetmore meant to give 14-year-old Clyde a share of the family farm. A guardianship fight and a pair of recorded deeds left the boy with nothing—so the old man is suing to undo the transfer.
- The Anacortes Land Syndicate's Unraveling
A complex five-day trial over the Fidalgo Island land deal concludes as the court rules the formation of the Fidalgo Land Company did not absolve investors of their debt.
- The Steamboat Swindle
A local laundry foreman is hoodwinked out of his steamboat by two men who used a deed to worthless Tacoma property as bait.
- She Worked for Half; He Kept the Deed
Phoebe Bovee says she spent years supporting Samuel McClure on a promise to share whatever they built. When he took title to a $2,600 King County property alone, she went to court.
- The Wealthy Pioneer Scammed in Centralia
George Washington, the founder of Centralia, loses $1,500 in a predatory legal scheme targeting his land title.
- A Russian Immigrant's Alleged Property Fraud
A local man sues his lawyer for allegedly abusing his trust to seize his Washington Street property.
- The Right to Vote for Water
A clarification on who can vote in the Columbia Irrigation district election highlights the importance of land ownership to civic participation.
- The Whidby Island Land Heist
A townsite development company claims a notary public fraudulently altered a contract to seize control of their Whidby Island property.
- The Unprecedented Land Boom of 1883
Official records show a staggering surge in Seattle property transactions, dwarfing neighboring Tacoma's growth.
- The Dead Land Commissioner and the Missing $22,000
A Northern Pacific audit turned up another unrecorded land payment—this one made through a Seattle agent—as suspicions deepened about the late Schulze's books.
- The Shadowy Real Estate Dealings of Louis R. Kidd
A local legal battle reveals a trail of suspicious property transfers designed to shield assets from creditors in the middle of a city boom.
- The Midnight Raid on a Spokane Dry-Goods Store
A trust deed meant to shield Lewenberg Bros.' assets lasted less than a day before banks and out-of-state suppliers sent deputies and lawyers after the goods.
- The Unfilial Gift: A Father's Regret
An elderly farmer, swayed by sentiment, signs over his land to his daughter and son-in-law, only to be cast into the kitchen and ignored.
- The Islander's Printing Contract Ruled Invalid
The Washington Supreme Court finds that San Juan County erred in awarding a printing contract to the Islander, directing the work to the Graphic instead.
- The Great Spokane Title Crisis
A landmark Supreme Court ruling has suddenly rendered thousands of property deeds void, threatening the downtown core of Spokane.
- A Family Feud Over a Lost Estate
A brother alleges that his sister's insanity was manufactured to seize her $100,000 fortune.
- The Great Seattle Real Estate Boom of 1888
A meticulously logged list of land deeds from the final days of 1888 reveals a city in the throes of explosive growth, with rapid development radiating outward from the central business district.
- A Bitter Family Feud Over Stolen Farm Proceeds
A Walla Walla father brings a lawsuit against his son, alleging the younger man embezzled partnership funds and property proceeds.
- Northern Pacific Accused of Land Extortion by Tacoma-Kalama Residents
Citizens and politicians clash over the Northern Pacific Railroad's monopoly and the holding of immense swaths of land that remain untaxed and undeveloped.
- The Tangled Web of the Yesler Estate
A legal battle over the fortune of Henry L. Yesler spirals into a web of missing deeds, conspiracy charges, and high-stakes courtroom drama.
- The Paper Town in the Canyon
Speculators filed a plat for 'National Park City,' a townsite consisting of 1,960 lots, some located on a sheer, uninhabitable basaltic mountain.
- A Missing Lawyer, a $350 Deed, and the North Olympia Land Scheme
With Attorney D. P. Ballard absent, Olympia lawyers are tracing suspicious transfers in a platted addition—land already sold to dozens of owners, now used as security for a $4,000 mortgage.