Carstens v. McReavy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, King County. Action to compel a specific performance of an alleged agreement to sell and convey certain real estate in the city of Seattle, King county, State of Washington.
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Appeal from District Court, King County. Action to compel a specific performance of an alleged agreement to sell and convey certain real estate in the city of Seattle, King county, State of Washington. The trial court found the following facts: “ First: The appellant owned two lots in Burke’s second addition to the city of Seattle, which, by parol order, he placed in the hands of real estate brokers for sale, and himself removed to Los Angeles, California; afterwards, by letter, he directed said brokers to sell said real estate upon terms in substance the same as those upon which they finally…
1Opinion of the Court
*361The opinion of the court was delivered bjr
Stiles, J.
A so-called statement of facts is brought up with the record in this case, which is merely a slight enlargement of thefindings offact filed by the judge who tried the cause. Presumably this statement was intended to respond to the first and third grounds urged on the motion for a new trial, viz.: That the evidence was insufficient to justify the findings, and that the court erred in permitting the agents of the appellant to testify concerning certain matters. When this court is called upon to say whether the evidence fails to sustain any or…
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