Legal Opinion

Hofreiter v. Schwabland

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 1913No. 10460PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Benton county, Holcomb, J., entered September 28, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for conversion.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

The respondents as plaintiffs recovered against the appellants for the value of a dwelling house, alleged to have been wrongfully removed from certain lands of the respondents by the appellants and converted by the appellants to their own use. The facts out of which the controversy arises are in the main undisputed. On and prior to January 9, 1908, the respondent Fred Hofreiter and the appellant William Given were partners in a restaurant business, in the city of Seattle. They, at the same time, severally held contracts with the state of Washington for the purchase of certain lands, situated…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Grays Harbor County v. Bay City Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Watkins v. Siler Logging Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1941
  3. School District of Oakland v. School District of JoplinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  4. Dennis v. SouthworthCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1970
  5. Brown v. BlakeCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2004

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