Rostein v. Hines
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered July 2,1920, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
By this action, as originally commenced in the superior court for King county, the plain*645tiff, Rostein, sought recovery from the United States director general of railroads, in charge of the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, of five car-loads of used railroad rails, which rails had been sold as scrap rails by the duly authorized representative of the director general to Victor Lamken, who in turn, as it is claimed, had sold the rails to his brother, Arthur Lamken, who in turn had sold the rails to the plaintiff; the rails not having been delivered by the director…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Quality Shingle Co. v. Old Oregon Lumber & Shingle Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1920
- Getchell v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1920