Cole v. Hunter Tract Improvement Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered February 11, 1910, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for specific performance.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is a suit to enforce specific performance of a contract for the purchase of real property. A trial resulted in a decree of specific performance in the plaintiff’s favor, and the defendant has appealed therefrom.
The facts affecting the rights of the parties may be summarized as follows: The appellant is the owner of a large addition to the city of Seattle, which is generally regarded as high class residence property. The respondent is of the negro race. The appellant claims, and introduced evidence tending to show, that if sales of lots in this addition were made to people of that race it…
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