Price v. Loe

Citations

• 56 Wash. 253
• 105 P. 469
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 885

Syllabus

<p>Public Lands — State Deed — Collateral Attack. A state deed of tide lands cannot be collaterally attacked on account of alleged defects in assignments of the land contract to the grantee, after the commissioner of public lands has approved the assignments and issued the deed.</p> <p>Vendor and Purchaser — Rescission by Vendee — Recovery of Price. Where the vendees made captious and technical objections to the vendor’s title for the purpose of preventing performance within the time limit, but time was not of the essence and the vendors tendered complete performance prior to any claim of forfeiture, the vendees cannot recover earnest money paid.</p>