Church v. Wilkeson-Tripp Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered April 17, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, for $26,750 for breach of contract, after granting a nonsuit in favor of certain of the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by L. K. Church and Sidney Drake, copartners as S. Drake & Company, against Wilkeson-Tripp Company, a corporation, James C. Drake, A. G. Bennett, Victor E. Tull, Frank Hanford, James M. Ashton, J. D. Lowman, and C. H. Hanford, to recover damages arising out of the defendants’ alleged breach of the following written contract:
“Memorandum oe Agreement, Made in duplicate this twenty-fourth (24th) day of January, 1908, by and between James C. Drake and A. G. Bennett—(Trustees for and representing the promoters and organizers of the Wilkeson-Tripp Company, hereinafter…
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