Ponti v. Hoffman
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Benton county, Holcomb, J., entered December 8, 1914, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought to recover the sum of $2,000 and interest, being the balance of the purchase price of lot 15, in block 65, of the town of Prosser, which lot was sold by the plaintiff to the defendant Hoffman. The defendants resisted the action upon the ground that the plaintiff could not convey a merchantable title to the above described real property. The plaintiff recovered a judgment in the court below, and the defendants have appealed.
The stipulated facts are as follows: The respondent, Joseph Ponti, and Lavina Ponti, prior to January 23, 1913, were husband and wife. On that day…
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