Magnolia Milling Co. v. Rommel

During the year 1924, J. B. Rommel and Elsbeth Rommel, his wife, entered into a contract for the purchase of twenty-seven and one-half acres of land in the southern portion of Snohomish county. The contract price was $7,750, of which one thousand dollars was paid in cash, the balance, with interest, being payable in annual installments of seven hundred fifty dollars each. Mr. and Mrs. Rommel entered into possession of the property, and operated the same as a dairy ranch until June, 1927, when they disposed of the last of their herd of dairy cattle.

Not long after the signing of the contract,…