Legal Opinion
Manvell v. Weaver
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1909No. 7672PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered July 1, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered in favor of the defendant, by direction of the court, after a trial on the merits in an action to recover purchase money paid.
1Opinion of the CourtCaow, J.
On February 25, 1907, the defendant, W. H. Weaver, owner of a restaurant in the city of Seattle, agreed to sell the same to the plaintiff, H. G. Manvell. It was located in the Arcade building, to which building the owner, the Moore Investment Company, was then constructing an annex. A written memorandum of sale was entered into between plaintiff and defendant, the material portions of which read as follows:
“Seattle, Wash., Feb. 25, 1907.
“This is to certify that Latsch & Barth, acting as agents for both buyer and seller, have this day received from H. G. Manvell the sum of two hundred dollars…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Lowry v. AdamsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1850
- Gould v. Boston Excelsior Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1898
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