Legal Opinion
Kent Lumber Co. v. Clarke
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 1914No. 11435Published
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, John S. Jurey, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered January 17, 1913, upon findings in favor of the defendant, in an action on contract, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, C. J.
Action by Kent Lumber Company, a corporation, against Arthur Clarke to recover $500 earnest money. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, the plaintiff has appealed.
*524The contract of sale on which the earnest money was paid reads as follows:
“Received from Kent Lumber Company, Smith Manager, the sum of $500 earnest money as part purchase price for the following described property, to wit: Southeast One Fourth of Section two, tp. 22, Range eight East, King County, Wash.
“The purchase price of said property to be the sum of $12,000 on the following terms, viz: $2,500 cash, including the amount of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cummings v. DolanWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Moore v. ElliottWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Sayward v. ThompsonWashington Supreme Court · 1895
- Peterson v. SlossWashington Supreme Court · 1905