Filed: May 13, 2016
Latest Update: May 13, 2016
Summary: JUDGMENT QUIETING TITLE TO KING COUNTY MARSHA J. PECHMAN , District Judge . This action came to consideration before the Court. The issues have been considered and a decision has been rendered. The Court granted summary judgment to Defendant King County in accordance with the April 20, 2016 Order on the Parties' Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. The Plaintiffs' August 14, 2015 Amended Complaint is DISMISSED in its entirety, with prejudice. King County's counterclaims for a declaratory ju
Summary: JUDGMENT QUIETING TITLE TO KING COUNTY MARSHA J. PECHMAN , District Judge . This action came to consideration before the Court. The issues have been considered and a decision has been rendered. The Court granted summary judgment to Defendant King County in accordance with the April 20, 2016 Order on the Parties' Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. The Plaintiffs' August 14, 2015 Amended Complaint is DISMISSED in its entirety, with prejudice. King County's counterclaims for a declaratory jud..
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JUDGMENT QUIETING TITLE TO KING COUNTY
MARSHA J. PECHMAN, District Judge.
This action came to consideration before the Court. The issues have been considered and a decision has been rendered.
The Court granted summary judgment to Defendant King County in accordance with the April 20, 2016 Order on the Parties' Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. The Plaintiffs' August 14, 2015 Amended Complaint is DISMISSED in its entirety, with prejudice. King County's counterclaims for a declaratory judgment and quiet title are GRANTED.
It is hereby ORDERED:
1. King County is granted a decree quieting title free and clear from all claims by the Plaintiffs and/or their successors in interest to any portions of the land conveyed by the September 18, 1998 quit claim deed from The Land Conservancy to King County (recording No. 9809181252), which is attached as Exhibit A to this judgment. The Plaintiffs, King County, and their successors in interest shall recognize in perpetuity the boundary lines described in Exhibit A.
2. Title is quieted confirming that King County owns a fee interest in the portions of the property described in Exhibit A that are derived from the May 9, 1887 deed from Bill and Mary Hilchkanum to the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, which is attached as Exhibit B to this judgment. Consistent with the boundaries of the property conveyed by the Hilchkanum Deed, King County owns a fee interest in all portions of Government Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Section 6, Township 24 N, Range 6 E that are described in Exhibit A.
3. Title is quieted confirming that King County owns a prescriptive easement in the portions of the property described in Exhibit A that are derived from the August 26, 1889 deed from the Northern Pacific Railway Company to Samuel Middleton (recording No. 44096), which is attached as Exhibit C to this judgment. Consistent with the boundaries of the property conveyed by the Middleton Deed, King County owns an easement interest in all portions of Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 24 N, Range 6 E and Government Lots 1 and 3 of Section 17, Township 24 N, Range 6 E that are described in Exhibit A. King County is entitled to exercise its easement rights in any manner consistent with the April 20, 2016 Order.
This order constitutes a final judgment resolving all remaining issues in this case.
