Legal Opinion

Smart v. Burquoin

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 26, 1908No. 7614PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered February 27, 1908, in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, after a trial before the court and a jury, in an action on contract.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

— This was an action brought by plaintiffs, G. C. Smart et ah, to recover the reasonable value of work and labor performed by them at the special instance and request of defendant, A. Burquoin, in plowing certain lands owned hy defendant, in Adams county, Washington. Defendant asked for a bill of particulars in respect to the *275contract, whether oral or written, to which the plaintiffs responded, saying “that the agreement, if any, made by and between the parties herein, was oral and not in writing.”

Thereupon defendant answered, denying the material allegations of plaintiffs’ complaint, and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Distler v. DabneyWashington Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Osten v. WinehillWashington Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Thayer v. Denver & Rio Grande R. R.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Clemmons v. McGeerWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Granville v. American Casualty Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Fritts v. QuintonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
  5. McBride v. CallahanWashington Supreme Court · 1933

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