Legal Opinion

McDonald v. McDougall

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 21, 1915No. 12643PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered September 12, 1914, granting a new trial, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for fraud.

1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.

This appeal is from an order which granted the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, in an action brought by the plaintiff to recover $10,000 from the defendant. It appears that, in September, 1908, the plaintiff advanced to the defendant $10,000 for the purpose of purchasing stock in the Cache Creek Mining Company, a corporation. Later, in November of the same year, the plaintiff advanced $5,000 additional for the same purpose. The plaintiff testified in substance that he and the defendant had been intimately acquainted for the past twenty-five years, had been associated together a portion of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Deering v. HolcombWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Morgan v. MorganWashington Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Irwin v. HolbrookWashington Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Wickham v. SpragueWashington Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Noyes v. ParsonsWashington Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Singer Credit Corp. v. Mercer Island Masonry, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1975
  3. Kilbourne v. KilbourneWashington Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Babcock v. M. & M. Construction Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Matteson v. ThielWashington Supreme Court · 1931

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