Tacoma Water Supply Co. v. Dumermuth
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered April 17, 1908, in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, dismissing an action for the specific performance of a contract to convey real estate.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
— During the year 1902 the defendants held block 26, of the subdivision of section 36, township 21, N., R. 2, E., W. M., as the same appears on the official plat of that subdivision on file in the office of the commissioner of public lands, under a lease from the state, by the terms of which they were permitted to purchase the leasehold premises from the state. In the fall of that year the plaintiff was desirous of acquiring the west half of tract B, of this block, being about one-fourth of the entire block, as a site for a reservoir, or tank to be used in connection with its water system.…
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