Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Munson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yaldma county, Taylor, J., entered June 9, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for unlawful detainer.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
Prior to the year 1916, the respondent, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California, became the owner, through a sale under a mortgage foreclosure, of certain orchard lands situated in Yakima county. After acquiring the land, the company employed one R. W. Herod to care for and manage the property pending a sale of the land, informing him that it was not its purpose to hold the land for a longer period than it was necessary so to do, as it was not “in the real-estate business.” While acting as manager of the property, Herod found contemplative purchasers in the persons of the…
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