Sturgis v. McElroy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Fletcher, J., entered September 16,1919, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for specific performance, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
Respondent seeks specific performance of a parol gift of a farm now in Ms possession, claimed to have been given him by his parents, Amos and Martha C. Sturgis, and seeks to have the title of the property quieted against the claims of the other heirs of his parents. The appellants appeal from a decree awarding to the respondent the relief prayed for.
Respondent became a resident of Pierce county in the year 1895. He was then about twenty-two years of age; he came from Michigan, where his parents resided and continued to reside until they died. In October, 1897, respondent was married to a…
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