Legal Opinion

Cushing v. Heuston

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 4, 1909No. 7640PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered April 7, 1908, upon findings in favor of the interveners, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for specific performance.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

This is a suit for specific performance, seeking to compel conveyance of certain tide land. The real controversy is between the plaintiff and the interveners, both of whom claim the right to a conveyance from the de*380fendant, who is willing to convey to such persons as the court may direct. The material facts are as follows: On about March 1, 1905, the intervener Jessie M. Elliott, Mrs. Ellen Fish, and Mrs. Vine Burrington became the owners of lots 18, 19, 20, and 21, and the plaintiff became the owner of lots 24 and 25, all in block 2, Chilberg’s Addition to West Seattle, all of which lots…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  2. Lehman v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  3. Rose v. HaydenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  4. Bailey v. HemenwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  5. Roberts v. Washington National BankWashington Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Diel v. BeekmanCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
  2. Farrell v. MentzerWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Carkonen v. AlbertsWashington Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Columbia Lumber Co. v. BushWashington Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Eisenberg v. GoldsmithMontana Supreme Court · 1911

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