Anderson v. Spriestersbach
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Bell, J., entered November 7, 1911, upon granting plaintiff’s motion for nonsuit at the close of defendants’ case, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This action was brought to recover the sum of $463.50, the price of certain abstracts made by plaintiff for defendants. The defendants answered, setting up a counterclaim for damages. A further statement of the facts is unnecessary at the present time. The legal question to be resólved is whether an abstracter, knowing that the party to whom he delivers an abstract, at the instance of the owner who ordered and paid for it, will rely upon it in making a trade or purchase of the property described therein, is liable in damages for a loss resulting from a material error or omission. The trial…
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- Savings Bank v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Dickle v. Abstract Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
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- Western Loan & Savings Co. v. Silver Bow Abstract Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1904
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