W. E. Moses Land Scrip & Realty Co. v. Stack-Gibbs Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered February 29, 1908, granting a nonsuit, after a trial before the court without a jury, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by the W. E. Moses Land Scrip and Realty Company, a corporation, against Stack-Gibbs Lumber Company, a corporation, to recover damages for the breach of a contract to purchase land scrip. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, a nonsuit and judgment of dismissal were entered, and it has appealed.
The only question before us is whether the nonsuit should have been granted. The evidence shows that, on or about September 15, 1906, one D. B. Jones, appellant’s agent, called at respondent’s office, in the city of Spokane, to sell it land scrip; that he then found in charge…
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