Showalter v. Sorensen

Citations

• 39 Wash. 621
• 81 P. 1054
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 914

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser — Failure of Title — After-Acquired Title of Vendor—Contract of Purchase—Construction—Specific Performance. The after-acquired title of vendors under a land contract inures to the benefit of the vendees, where the contract was extended during the pendency of a suit in which vendors’ title failed, notwithstanding stipulations in the contract giving the vendees a right to an. immediate return of their money and notes in case of failure of the title; since such provision was inserted in the contract for the benefit of the vendees, and cannot be taken advantage of by the vendors, upon acquiring title, to defeat an action for specific performance.</p>