Schlumpf v. Sasake

Citations

• 38 Wash. 278
• 80 P. 457
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1161

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant—Lease—Consummation—Contracts— Breach—Agreement to Enter Into Lease—Deposit as 'Stipulated Damages. Where a party agreed to enter into a lease of premises for a term of years, and paid $300 “as a deposit to show good faith” that he would enter into the lease, but later refused to consummate the lease or accept the premises, such deposit is stipulated damages for the breach of his contract to enter into the lease, and there can be no recovery on the lease.</p>