Hubbell v. Ward

Plaintiffs instituted this action asking that defendant be compelled to perform specifically the terms of a certain earnest-money receipt and agreement for purchase and sale of an apartment house in Bremerton and personal property situated therein.' Plaintiffs are the purchasers named in the agreement, and defendant, who owns the premises as his separate property, is the seller. At the time plaintiffs signed the agreement, they delivered to the realtor with whom the property had been listed for sale, their check for five hundred dollars earnest money. Defendant later refused to carry out the…