Washington Supreme Court March 17, 1908, No. 7026 (Williams v. Hillman Investment Co.)

Root, J.

Defendant executed a contract for the sale of certain real estate to one Marguerite Foy, and subsequently executed a like contract for the same property to this plaintiff, and represented to him that Miss Foy had defaulted in her payments, that her contract had lapsed and was void, and that she was absent from the state.