Williams v. Hewitt
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered March 25, 1909, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for damages for breach of warranty of title.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
In 1906 the appellant conveyed to the respondent a lot in the city of Seattle, by a statutory warranty deed. *63There is a restrictive clause in the conveyance to the appellant’s immediate grantor, which provides, in substance, that the grantee, her heirs and assigns, for the period of ten years from October 4, 1906, shall not erect any flat, building, or tenement house on the premises, and that there shall not be any residence or other dwelling house erected' thereon nearer to the street than are the two residences now on either side of the lot. This clause is not contained in the respondent’s…
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