Gustin v. Crockett
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered January 30, 1908, in favor of the defendants, dismissing an action to reform a deed as a mortgage, and to redeem therefrom, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
— In the month of June, 1900, the plaintiffs entered into a contract with C. D. Hillman for the purchase of the seven lots now in controversy. The contract price was *68$325, ten dollars of which was paid when the contract of purchase was made. The lot's when purchased were covered with stumps, logs and brush, were wholly unimproved, and the plaintiffs were practically without means. The defendant Laura S. Crockett was at one time the wife of a son of the plaintiffs, but prior to the transactions here complained of the son died, and the widow became the wife of Hugh B. Crockett, since deceased.…
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