Legal Opinion

Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. v. Hotel Stevens Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1905No. 5372PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered June 4, 1904, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury,- in an action of replevin.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

This is an action in replevin, brought by the respondent against the appellant, to recover the possession of two sample cases and one box, each containing samples of boots and shoes, such as are usually carried by a traveling salesman of a wholesale dealer in such merchandise. The respondent recovered judgment in the court below, and this appeal is prosecuted therefrom.

From the record it appears, that the appellant is the proprietor and manager of two hotels, in the city of Serattta, known as the Hotel Stevens and the Hotel Seattle; that on July 1, 1902, one A. 11. Somerfield, who was then in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brown Shoe Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  2. Wyckoff v. Southern Hotel Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1887
  3. Singer Manufacturing Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
  4. Covington v. . NewbergerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  5. Manning v. HollenbeckWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Smith v. Dorchester Hotel Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1927

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