Graham v. Bell-Irving
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered December 11, 1906, upon findings in favor of the defendant, after a trial before the court without a jury, dismissing on the merits an action on a contract of employment.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
The plaintiff in this action brought the suit to recover for services as an architect. He alleges a contract with the defendant of the following import: That he was on July 11, 1901, employed to form, draw, and write the preliminary sketches, plans, and specifications for a certain building which the defendant proposed to erect in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia; that defendant promised to pay as compensation therefor a sum equal to two and one-half per cent of the amount of the lowest or accepted bid, as the case might be, of a contractor afterwards to bid for the contract to erect…
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