Maryatt v. Hubbard

During the summer and autumn of 1946, the plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Maryatt, and the defendant, Mrs. Mildred M. Hubbard, were neighbors, residing in Broadmoor, Seattle.

Upon Mrs. Hubbard’s land was a greenhouse, and, -learning through her gardener that Mr. and Mrs. Maryatt desired to purchase a greenhouse for their property, negotiations were opened which resulted in an agreement between the parties that plaintiffs would purchase, and defendant would sell, the latter’s greenhouse for one hundred seventy-five dollars. The agreement was entirely oral, no written memorandum whatever having…