Legal Opinion
Martin v. Pierce
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1910No. 8501PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kitsap county, Yakey, J., entered April 13, 1909, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The respondent brought this action to remove a cloud from the title of certain real estate in Kitsap county. *390On a trial of the case a decree was entered as prayed for in the complaint. The defendant has appealed.
It appears that, in the year 1907, T. E. Davis and Mary E. Davis, his wife, were the owners of the land in controversy. In July of that year appellant entered into a contract with George C. Elms, a real estate broker, as follows:
“Manchester, Wash., July 3, 1907.
“Received of Frank Pierce, fifty dollars ($50), as earnest money in the purchase of the south half of the southwest quarter…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Moran & Co. v. PalmerWashington Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ready v. Sound Investment Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911