West Coast Manufacturing & Investment Co. v. West Coast Improvement Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

— This case arises out of a conveyance made by respondent to appellant on August 13, 1890, for a tract of laud in Ballard, King county, consisting of a narrow strip of upland and a large piece of tide land; the proportions being substantially one-fifteenth upland and fourteen-fifteenths tide land. The contract of sale was made Kovember 13, 1889, and recites that the respondent agrees *611to convey to the appellant the tract described in the deed, for the consideration of $750 in money, upon condition that the appellant commence work on or before…