Washington Fish & Oyster Co. v. G. P. Halferty & Co.

— Washington Fish & Oyster Co., Inc., brought this action to recover an amount of money alleged to be due under two contracts with G. P. Halferty & Co., Inc. So far as the merits of the controversy are concerned, the principal issue presented, both in the trial court and on appeal, is whether the contracts sued upon were contracts for an outright sale of canned salmon to Halferty Co. or contracts which created an agency relationship between the parties, whereby G. P. Halferty & Co., Inc., was a selling agent or a broker for respondent.

Washington Fish & Oyster Co., Inc., is a large…