State ex rel. Eilers Music House v. French

The relator, on September 25, 1915, brought an action against George J. Mackenzie and Kobert Grass to recover possession of a piano delivered to Mackenzie under a conditional sale contract. The possession of the piano had been transferred to defendant Grass in satisfaction of an indebtedness due him from Mackenzie. The cause was tried on February 17, 1916, before Honorable Walter M. French, judge of the superior court for Kitsap county, who, at that date, sat as an acting judge in the superior court of King county. The court orally announced its decision, which was in effect a finding for the…