Babcock v. Seattle School District No. 1

Seattle School District No. 1, wishing to enlarge the grounds appurtenant to one of its public schools, purchased several additional lots, three of which were improved with frame dwellings. Desiring to clear the property and render it convenient for school purposes, the district entered into a contract with one E. J. Odman, who agreed to grade the property; the district also contracting with O. G. Trester, who had purchased the buildings for two hundred dollars, that he (Trester) should remove the same and clean up the premises, the district agreeing to procure from the fire department the…