Cowley v. Foster

Isadore West owned real property in Seattle. On August 12,1925, he executed and delivered an instrument entitled “Revised form of earnest money receipt,” by which he agreed to sell the property to C. D. Foster, who also signed the instrument agreeing to buy the property. The agreement was brought about by one Paul acting as agent for Foster. The instrument was filed and recorded in the county auditor’s office on August 14, 1925. The contract admitted the receipt of one hundred dollars on a total purchase price of $8,100, the balance to be paid, $3,400 on acceptance of abstract or title…