Moore v. Clarke

The plaintiff, Mrs. Moore, seeks recovery of the amount of installments paid by her to the defendant Clarke, as selling agent for the defendant Seattle Title Trust Company, a corporation, upon her contract with that company for the sale to her of lot 11, in block 1, of The Uplands, an addition to the city of Seattle. The cause proceeded to trial in the superior court, sitting without a jury, as one of equitable cognizance. Mrs. Moore’s claim for relief is rested upon: (1) Alleged failure of title and inability of the trust company to cause to be conveyed to her good title to the lot, free…