Neill v. Griner

Washington Supreme Court

Neill v. Griner

147 P. 1137, 85 Wash. 329, 1915 Wash. LEXIS 832

CourtWashington Supreme Court

DecidedApril 29, 1915

DocketNo. 12317

StatusPublished

Cited by16 cases

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Neill v. Griner, 147 P. 1137, 85 Wash. 329, 1915 Wash. LEXIS 832 (Wash. 1915).

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Parker, J.

This is a suit in equity to establish the lien of an alleged lost, unrecorded mortgage upon land of the defendants in Whitman county. Trial in the superior court resulted in denial of the relief prayed for, and judgment-of dismissal accordingly. Prom this disposition of the cause,/ the plaintiff has appealed.

No question is presented here which we regard as worthy of serious consideration, other than questions of fact as to the existence of the alleged mortgage and its terms and conditions. Manifestly it was the want of sufficient evidence upon these questions to warrant granting the relief prayed for that [330]*330induced the trial court to render judgment adverse to the plaintiff. We have carefully read all of the evidence in the record, doing so from the statement of facts rather than from the abstracts. We cannot say that the conclusion of the learned trial judge is not in accord with the evidence; especially in view of the fact that it was practically all oral, involving, more or less, the credibility of witnesses, and the rule requiring clear and positive proof to call for granting relief depending upon the establishment of a lost written instrument. Scurry v. Seattle, 56 Wash. 1, 104 Pac. 1129, 134 Am. St. 1092. We think further discussion of the cause unnecessary.

The judgment denying the relief prayed for is affirmed.

Morris, C. J., Mount, Holcomb, and Chadwick, JJ., concur.

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Parker, J.

This is a suit in equity to establish the lien of an alleged lost, unrecorded mortgage upon land of the defendants in Whitman county. Trial in the superior court resulted in denial of the relief prayed for, and judgment-of dismissal accordingly. Prom this disposition of the cause,/ the plaintiff has appealed.

No question is presented here which we regard as worthy of serious consideration, other than questions of fact as to the existence of the alleged mortgage and its terms and conditions. Manifestly it was the want of sufficient evidence upon these questions to warrant granting the relief prayed for that [330]*330induced the trial court to render judgment adverse to the plaintiff. We have carefully read all of the evidence in the record, doing so from the statement of facts rather than from the abstracts. We cannot say that the conclusion of the learned trial judge is not in accord with the evidence; especially in view of the fact that it was practically all oral, involving, more or less, the credibility of witnesses, and the rule requiring clear and positive proof to call for granting relief depending upon the establishment of a lost written instrument. Scurry v. Seattle, 56 Wash. 1, 104 Pac. 1129, 134 Am. St. 1092. We think further discussion of the cause unnecessary.

The judgment denying the relief prayed for is affirmed.

Morris, C. J., Mount, Holcomb, and Chadwick, JJ., concur.

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