Martin v. City of Seattle

111 Wn.2d 727 (1988)

765 P.2d 257

JACK M. MARTIN, ET AL, Respondents,

v.

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Petitioners.

No. 53733-0.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 15, 1988.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Gordon F. Crandall, Senior Assistant, for petitioners.

Waitt, Johnson & Martens, by Richard L. Martens, for respondents.

PEARSON, C.J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to enforce conditions subsequent in a 1908 deed quitclaiming land to the City of Seattle (hereafter the City). The primary issue presented in this case is whether the acceptance by the City of a conditional transfer…