Every donation or grant to the public, or to any individual or individuals, religious society or societies, or to any corporation or body politic, marked or noted as such on the plat of the town, or wherein such donation or grant may have been made, shall be considered, to all intents and purposes, as a quitclaim deed to the said donee or donees, grantee or grantees, for his, her or their use, for the purposes intended by the donor or donors, grantor or grantors, as aforesaid.
RCW 58.08.015
Effect of donation marked on plat.
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 80 Wash. 2d 362 - Rainier Avenue Corp. v. City of Seattle (1972)
Most recently applied in Donald and Katrina Simmons v. City of Othello (June 2017)
Code 1881 s 2329; 1862 p 431 s 2; 1857 p 26 s 2; RRS s 9310
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.