Latshaw v. Western Townsite Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Cross-appeals from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered February 25, 1915, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action for an accounting, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBausman, J.
Plaintiffs, having as owners platted part of their lands, entered into two contracts with the Western Townsite Company. One provided for a general conveyance to it in consideration of one dollar and of a local station to be erected by the defendant railway company, which was the *576owner of all the other company’s stock. The townsite company out of these lands was to give the railway company the station site, plat the remainder, make sales with clear title to purchasers and, after deducting expenses with due accounting, equally divide the proceeds between itself and the owners. By the second…
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