Pacific Exploitation Co. v. Strickland

This was a replevin suit. The facts as found by the trial court are substantially as follows: *647One Harry W. Treat and wife, in 1914, were the owners of a certain lot in the city of Seattle, upon which was located a dwelling; that, while they were such owners, they entered into a written contract with the defendant Strickland for the sale to the latter of the house and lot for a designated sum of money; that, while such contract of sale was in force, Strickland installed on the premises a heating plant, consisting of a boiler, which was bricked in; that, as a part of the heating plant, various…