Litchfield v. Cowley

Citations

• 34 Wash. 566
• 76 P. 81
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 385

Syllabus

<p>Limitation or Actions — Covenant to Pay Taxes — Action Accrues When Taxes Become Due. Where the defendant, having agreed to purchase land of the plaintiff within two years, covenanted to pay all taxes that might be levied upon the property during said two years, and defaulted, and the plaintiff subsequently paid said taxes, the right of action upon the covenant to pay the taxes accrued when the said taxes became due, and the right of action is barred-after the lapse of six years; since the contract is not simply one of indemnity and is not postponed until the plaintiff has paid the same.</p>