Bernard v. Benson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered July 3, 1909, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for specific performance.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The plaintiffs in this suit seek specific perform-, anee of an executory contract, and have appealed from the decree. The record discloses the following material facts r On the 28th day of August, 1903, the Northwestern Lumber Company, the owner of the real estate in controversy, entered into a contract with the appellant Joseph Bernard, whereby it agreed to convey the property to him. The contract was filed for record in Chehalis county, where the land was situated, on September 2, 1903, and recorded in Miscellaneous Records. On May 31, 1905, the appellant Joseph Bernard filed for record a…
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