Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd. v. Humphrey
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Mackintosh, J., entered June 22,1914, upon findings in favor of the defendant, in an action on contract, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The purpose of this action was to recover for coal furnished a certain vessel known as the “Rupert City.” This vessel was owned by the Marine Transportation Company, a Canadian corporation. The plaintiff is also a corporation, organized under the laws of Canada. The Rupert City had been chartered to the Alaska Commercial Company, *458of which corporation the defendant, Humphrey, was the agent. Prior to the time the vessel was chartered by the Alaska Commercial Company, the plaintiff had furnished it coal amounting to the value of $2,641.65. The plaintiff wrote the defendant asking him to…
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