Coy v. Raabe

This is an equitable action in which the plaintiff seeks a decree of specific performance to enforce an option to buy certain real property. The option to buy is contained in a lease. The defense is two-pronged and, by its nature, in the alternative: (1) the lease and option are invalid; and (2) defendants and intervenor are entitled to be paid, under the doctrine of subrogation, for certain liens against the property, which they paid.

In general, the same questions were presented to us on a prior appeal. Graham v. Raabe, 62 Wn.2d 753, 384 P.2d 629 (1963). The questions decided in our former…