Jones v. National Bank of Commerce of Seattle

Stafford, J. †

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages for breach of warranty to the plaintiffs.

In 1950, Amos and Marie Brulotte purchased the Four Daughters Ranch in Kittitas County. Amos died in 1953, and thereafter, the ranch was held by the National Bank of Commerce and Marie Brulotte as co-trustees under Amos’s will and by Marie individually, as his widow. They will be referred to hereafter as the defendants.

James Roan managed the ranch for the defendants. In 1955, Mr. Roan transferred part of the ranch’s sprinkler system to other property. In 1956, Mr. Roan sold the balance of…