Reidt v. Smith

Citations

• 75 Wash. 365
• 134 P. 1057
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1721

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser — Contracts—Rescission by Vendor — Forfeiture — Recovery oe Payments Made. In tbe absence of a contract expressly providing for tbe forfeiture of payments made.on an executory contract for tbe sale of lands, a vendor cannot retain payments made and rescind for default in payments due; and where tbe vendor repudiated sucb an oral contract and conveyed tbe land to another before tbe contract matured, be is liable to tbe purchaser for the purchase money paid.</p>