Swasey v. Farr

Mrs. Ida B. Dennison, the owner of lot 6, block 2, of “Map of Fern Hill, W. T.,” now a portion of Tacoma, Washington, on July 12, 1926, entered into a written contract with Mr. P. E. Farr, a contractor, by which he agreed to move a dwelling house to the rear of the lot and remodel the house, also to construct a new building on the front of the lot in consideration of $20,000, of which amount $6,500 was acknowledged to have been paid by Mrs. Dennison. The portion of the contract material here, upon enumerating the improvements to be made, recites they were to be made—

“ . . . for the sum of…