Wright v. Suydam
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Canfield, J., entered June 28, 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 CourtParker, J.
This is an action to enforce specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. A trial resulted in judgment denying the relief prayed for by plaintiffs, and they have appealed to this court. The facts are much involved, and some of them are seriously in dispute. However, we think certain of the facts shown by the record, beyond controversy, will enable us to determine the rights, of the parties. These, so far as necessary for us to notice, are as follows:
On August 14, 1908, the respondent Hendrick Suydam executed and delivered to appellant W. Hammond Wright the following contract for…
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