Parchen v. Rowley

— Nettie D. Parchen instituted this action, ostensibly to quiet title to a tract of land at Grand- view, in Yakima county. Actually, the purpose of the action was to cancel a contract for the purchase of the property, held by defendant Barlow, as vendee. From judgment for plaintiff, Barlow appeals.

What we deem to be the controlling facts in the case are not in dispute. March 30, 1929, Rowley, then the owner of the land, entered into a contract, which was filed for record April 6, 1929, to sell the property to Barlow for nine hundred dollars, payable twenty-five dollars a month, inclusive of…