Wilson v. Mears
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Blake, J., entered January 22, 1918, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in consolidated actions for damages for fraud, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Appellants Mears were the owners of certain property in Stevens county, Washington. Valuable minerals had been discovered and the Mears had given respondent Strawhun an option to purchase the land.
Prior to the second day of November, 1916, Strawhun was engaged in the development of the property. Appellant J. J. Hennessy became interested and proposed to organize a company to take the property over and develop it. The parties, Mears, Hennessy and Strawhun, thereupon entered into a contract, the material parts of which follow:
“Whereas, a corporation is intended to he formed under the laws of…
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