27 Wash. 551 | Wash. | 1902
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an action by the respondent Young, against the appellants George Porter and L. G. Porter, husband and wife, to compel them to execute a deed for an undivided one-half interest in certain real estate and personal property; the property being a pottery plant, the land to which the plant is attached, and the personal property being property which is incident to and connected with the plant. The court found, among other things, that on or about the 1st day of January 1898, the plaintiff and defendant George Porter entered into an oral agreement by the terms of which Porter was to purchase a certain pottery plant situated in Auburn, state of Washington, consisting of two acres, and all of said personal property then situated upon said two acres; said purchase to be made for about the sum of $1,000, and said purchase to be made for the'benefit of the plaintiff and defendants in equal interest; plaintiff to be the owner of an undivided one-half interest, and defendant an undivided one-half interest. The agreement was that, upon the said purchase being made, said George Porter was to take a deed of conveyance in his name, and to hold plaintiff’s one-half interest in trust for plaintiff; that $200 would be paid in cash, and the balance to be secured by notes given by said Porter, payable in two years from the
So far as the personal property was concerned, it was simply an incident of the real estate; and, while the. wife was not a party to the original agreement, the finding of the court is to the effect that it was at all times customary for the husband to personally conduct all community business of himself and wife. This he had a right to do, under the law, so far as the personal property was concerned; and 'it was personal property which, under the agreement with the respondent, was invested in this pottery plant. She also knew of the position occupied by the respondent in relation to the property, for she joined with the respondent and her husband in the lease of the property. Other testimony in the case shows conclusively that she was cognizant of, and in effect consented to, the whole transaction. We think the tender was sufficient.
There being no error by the court, either in the conduct of the case or in the findings of fact and conclusions of law, the judgment will be affirmed.
Reavis, C. J., and Hadley, White, Anders, Mount and Fullerton, JJ., concur.