Trimble v. Donahey
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Whitman county, McCroskey, J., entered June 30, 1916, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action for specific performance.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
— The purpose of this action was either to enforce specific performance of a contract relating to real estate or damages for the breach thereof. To the amended complaint, which will hereafter be referred to as the complaint, a demurrer was interposed and sustained. The plaintiff refused to plead further, and a judgment was entered dismissing the action. From this judgment, the appeal is prosecuted.
The facts alleged in the complaint, stated in a somewhat abbreviated form, are as follows:
Rebecca A. Donahey died in Whitman county on the 2d day of June, 1908, leaving an estate consisting of real…
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