MARTIN v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 53733-0.

111 Wn.2d 727 (1988)

765 P.2d 257

JACK M. MARTIN, ET AL, Respondents, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Gordon F. Crandall, Senior Assistant, for petitioners.

Waitt, Johnson & Martens, by Richard L. Martens, for respondents.


PEARSON, C.J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to enforce conditions subsequent in a 1908 deed quitclaiming land to the City of Seattle (hereafter the City). The primary issue presented in this case is whether the acceptance by the City of a conditional transfer from the State constituted a breach of the condition found in the deed from the grantor to the City. The trial court and the Court of Appeals held that the City breached the condition subsequent and awarded...

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