Hankle v. Denison

Citations

• 34 Wash. 51
• 74 P. 822
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 308

Syllabus

<p>Specific Performance — Contract to Sell Land — Complaint— Allegation of Ownership. A complaint in an action for the specific performance of an agreement to convey land held under railroad contracts sufficiently alleges defendant’s ownership hy a general allegation of ownership, “as evidenced hy contracts of sale” with the railroad company, and is not defective for failing to state that such contracts of sale were made with the defendant or were owned by him.</p> <p>Evidence — Hearsay—Error Cured by Direct Testimony of the Statement. It is harmless error to receive hearsay testimony of the statement of a party where such party afterwards confirmed the same hy his own testimony.</p> <p>Evidence — Harmless on Trial de novo. The erroneous admission of evidence is harmless where there is a trial de novo on appeal.</p> <p>Vendor and Purchaser — Specific Performance — Findings. Evidence held to warrant the finding that defendant in an action for the specific performance of a contract to convey land was the owner thereof and had placed the title in his daughter for the purpose of fraudulently concealing his ownership.</p>