Legal Opinion

Robinson v. Steele

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 1916No. 12979PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Asotin county, Miller, J., entered March 24, 1915, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action upon promissory notes, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

The plaintiff, Thomas D. Robinson, commenced this action in the superior court for Asotin county, seeking recovery upon five promissory notes for $900 each, payable to him and executed by the defendants, Steele and Kennedy, as the purchase price of three hundred and sixty acres of land situated in that county. The defendants admit the execution of the notes as the purchase price of the land. Their defense is, in substance, that the plaintiff does not have, and never has had, good title to three hundred and twenty acres of the land, nor any power to convey the same, and that there is,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Tiger v. Western Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. United States v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
  3. Bowling v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
  4. Frazee v. Spokane CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Bolton v. La Camas Water Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Robinson v. SteeleWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Felix v. YaksumWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Robinson v. SteeleWashington Supreme Court · 1923

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