Legal Opinion

Commercial Investment Co. v. National Bank of Commerce

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1904No. 4988PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Snell, J., entered March 19, 1903, upon granting defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, in an action for damages for breach of a covenant to assume mortgages, and save the plaintiff from suits thereon.

1Opinion of the Court

Fullerton, C. J. —

In this action the appellant sought to recover from the respondent $43,595.78, as damages for a breach of a contract In its complaint the appellant alleged, in substance, that, for some years prior to the 10th day of September, 1892, it had extensive business dealings with respondent, during the course of which it became indebted to the respondent in the sum of $10,666.66 on its own account, the sum of $6,519.94 on account of notes discounted by the respondent which had not been paid by the makers' thereof, and the further sum of $10,570.98 on account of notes upon which it…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Johnson v. CookWashington Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hoffer Oil Corporation v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1929
  2. Woodhouse v. PowlesWashington Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Casassa v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Thompson v. RectorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
  5. Pappas v. ZerwoodisWashington Supreme Court · 1944

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