National Bank of Commerce v. Puget Sound Biscuit Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered June 18, 1910, upon findings in favor of. the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on promissory notes.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by National Bank of Commerce against The Puget Sound Biscuit Company, a corporation, and its receiver, on six promissory notes, alleged to have been executed and delivered by the defendant corporation to Gawley Foundry & Machine Works, a corporation, and assigned to plaintiff. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, the defendants have appealed.
The notes for $1,000 each are signed “Puget Sound Biscuit Company, by J. E. Davis, Sec’y.” Appellants contend that no authority for their execution by Davis has been shown, and that the corporation business was conducted by two trustees who did…
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