Legal Opinion

Haner v. Furuya

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1905No. 5532PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered October 12, 1901, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial before the court without a jury, in an action upon account for goods sold and delivered.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.

Between the 27th day of February and the 7th da.y of May, 1903, the defendant Furuya furnished to the Northern Pacific Railway Oompany a number of Jap>anese laborers, who were engaged in the construction of a drainage ditch for the railway company, near Wickersham, *123in Whatcom county. The railway company paid Furuya for the laborers so furnished, and Furuya in turn paid the laborers direct. Among these laborers was one Matsumoto, called a bookman. The authority or duty of this bookman is not clear from the testimony, further than that he transmitted orders from the railway foreman to the…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Aerne v. GostlowOregon Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Commonwealth v. KistlerLehigh County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1960
  3. Olston v. Oregon Water Power & Ry. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1908

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