Chilcott v. Washington State Colonization Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered March SO, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action on a contract of employment.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs, Richard Chilcott and S. Grabowski, against the defendants, Washington State Colonization Company, a corporation, and W. C. Harding, to recover compensation for services rendered. The plaintiffs alleged, that the defendants had employed them’ to seek out logged-off lands which were for sale, and place the defendants in communication with the owners, so that they might negotiate for the purchase of such lands; that it was agreed that, if the defendants, or either of them, should purchase any such lands, they would pay the plaintiffs twenty-five…
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