Brace v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered July 18, 1910, granting a new trial, after granting a nonsuit, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by H. G. Brace, doing business as H. G. Brace & Company, against Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, to recover profits plaintiff would have realized in fulfilling an order for menu card folders. A nonsuit was granted, but later an order was entered sustaining plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, from which the defendant has appealed.
The written order, taken for respondent by one W. S. Smith, his agent, was signed by H. J. Titus, conceded to be the superintendent of the appellant’s dining car department, with offices in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Seattle,…
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- Oregon-Pacific Forest Products Corp. v. Welsh Panel Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1965
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