Hillis Logging Co. v. Mescher
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered September 25, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, in an action for fraud.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff commenced this action in the superior court to recover damages resulting to it from alleged false and fraudulent representations made by the defendant inducing it to purchase from the Betz Mescher Company, a corporation, a second-hand donkey engine. The cause was tried before the court and a jury. At the close of the evidence, the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, which the jury returned. Judgment was rendered accordingly. The plaintiff has appealed.
The controlling facts are not in dispute. Appellant purchased the engine from the Betz Mescher Company through…
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