Legal Opinion

Wakefield v. Fish

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 24, 1911No. 9178PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Stevens county, S. Douglas, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered June 27, 1910, dismissing an action for equitable relief, upon a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

On September 1, 1908, appellants owned 160 acres of land in Spokane county, Washington. Desiring to dispose of this property, Mr. Wakefield went to Spokane and there came in contact with a Mr. Michener, a real estate agent, who at the time had nothing to offer that was attractive to Mr. Wakefield. After a day or two he was introduced to a Mr. Schmidt, who had some real property and a small stock of merchandise at Hayford. Mr. Schmidt did not care to trade his land for Wakefield’s property, and Mr. Michener brought respondents E. H. Fish and his wife Grace into the deal. They owned certain…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dormitzer v. German Savings & Loan SocietyWashington Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Skeel v. ChristensonWashington Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Bisbee v. CareyWashington Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Storey v. GaisfordWashington Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Bank of Gresham v. JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 1927

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