Packard v. Booth
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King-county, Main, J., entered February 5, 1910, in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for specific performance.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On March 20, 1909, the respondents Booth and wife, being then the owners of lot 4, in block 6, of Hillman’s School House division of Green Lake addition to the city of Seattle, contracted to sell a strip 14 feet wide on the east side thereof to the appellants Packard The contract was oral, and nothing was paid by the purchasers on the purchase price. The parties, however, measured the strip upon the ground and erected a fence which divided the tract from the remaining part of the lot and made it a part of the enclosure belonging to the appellants. The appellants immerdiately entered upon and…
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