Coonrod v. Studebaker

Citations

• 53 Wash. 32
• 101 P. 489
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1267

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wire — Conveyances—Separate Property or Wire. A trade of separate property of two wives, arranged by their husbands, is ratified by the wives by their joining in deeds of the property.</p> <p>Vendor and Purchaser — Performance—Defects in Title — Specific Performance — Evidence—Sufficiency. Where, upon a trade of property, each party agreed to furnish an abstract showing a good and sufficient title within thirty days, specific performance will not be decreed in favor of a plaintiff whose abstract of title was defective, where it appears from plaintiff’s testimony that he acknowledged thé defect, after one attempt to correct it, and that defendant, having waited for a reasonable length of time after the thirty days, then indicated that he would not be further bound by the contract.</p>