Spake v. Elder

Defendants, John and Lucille Elder, appeal from a judgment of specific performance of an option to purchase, real property.

The record discloses that during the spring of 1966, plaintiff Harry Spake, in order to develop land at Wapato Point on Lake Chelan, requested Kenneth Kingman of Chelan Realty to obtain options to purchase from landowners. Among other things, the development included a golf course. Defendants were the owners of six acres in the middle of the projected golf course.

Kingman approached defendant John Elder for an option to purchase; defendants orally agreed. Thereafter on…