Spina v. Arcadia Orchards Co.

Citations

• 73 Wash. 44
• 131 P. 218
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1551

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Performance—Delay—Excuses. Delay in the performance of a contract to clear land is excused where it was due to the superior rights of the owner of the timber, known to the owner of the land, and performance was completed as soon as the owner of the timber would permit.</p> <p>Contracts — Performance—Abandonment—Subcontracts. A contract to clear land is not abandoned by the letting of a subcontract under which the work 'provided for in the original contract was completed by the subcontractors.</p>