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· 6/7/1910

Hunter Tract Improvement Co. v. Stone

Citations

  • 58 Wash. 661
  • 109 P. 112
  • 1910 Wash. LEXIS 987

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser—Contract—Assignment—Consent oe Vendor. A contract for the purchase of land is assignable by the vendee without the consent of the vendor, where there were no special circumstances in the contract to indicate an intention of the parties that it was not assignable, hut on the contrary it contained a clause to the effect that, wherever the words vendor or vendee appear, it is understood to include heirs, assigns, successors, etc.; and it is immaterial that on the hack of the contract, after a form for an assignment, there was a recital for acceptance and approval of the assignment; since it was no part of the contract, and simply a provision for a novation.</p>

Judges: Crow, Dunbar, Mount, Parker, Rudkin

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