Beyers v. Moore

This is an action on a promissory note executed by defendants Carl Moore and Alfred Eberli payable to the Meridian Tractor Company, in the amount of $1,785 with interest at eight per cent, for the down payment on an International Crawler tractor.

Defendant Moore had arranged to log the timber on land belonging to one Ward. He needed a tractor for the operation. The plaintiff demonstrated an International Crawler tractor to him at his home near Deming, Washington. As Moore was unable to obtain the down payment for the purchase price of the tractor, plaintiff agreed to sell it without the down…