Benham v. Columbia Canal Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered January 30, 1912, in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court, in an action for specific performance.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
— On the 21st day of October, 1905, the plaintiff W. L. Benham, as purchaser, and the defendant, a Washington corporation, as the vendor, entered into a contract for the purchase and sale of eight five-acre tracts of land, “together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging and a water right for the same,” situate at Attalia, in Walla Walla county. It was stipulated in the contract that the purchaser should pay for the land “and appurtenances” the sum of $3,800, of which $800 was paid at the time the contract was delivered. The balance was to be paid in $1,000 installments, payable…
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