Anderson v. Snowden

Citations

• 44 Wash. 274
• 87 P. 356
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 826

Syllabus

<p>Tenancy in Common — Contract to Purchase Land — Expiration of Time Limit — Forfeiture—Notice to Cotenant. Where two parties enter into an agreement to purchase certain land, each to furnish one-half of the purchase price, their rights must he determined under the rules relating to joint owners or tenants in common; and one party cannot, upon failure of the other to furnish his part of the purchase price within the required time, demand payment and declare a forfeiture and claim full title upon paying the whole sum due on the unpaid purchase price.</p> <p>Same — Quieting Title — Tender of Amount Due — Action Against Cotenant. In such a case the party in default is not entitled to a decree quieting title and declaring him to he the owner of a one-half interest, without first tendering his share of the purchase price, for which sum the other party has a lien upon the land.</p>