Blanchard v. Commercial Bank of Tacoma
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Washington, Northern Division. This cause was tried before the court without a jury.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Washington, Northern Division. This cause was tried before the court without a jury. The findings of fact are as follows: “(1) That the plaintiff, the Commercial Bank of Tacoma, is, and at all times in the complaint herein mentioned was, a corporation duly organized and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Washington, and engaged in a general hanking business in the city of Tacoma, state of Washington, and that the said plaintiff is, and at all times mentioned in the plaintiff’s complaint has…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). 1. The first assignment of error is without merit. The record shows *251that the witness Atkins had been introduced by the defendant; that his direct examination had been concluded, and that he had been turned over to the plaintiff for cross-examination; that upon his failure to appear for cross-examination the plaintiff, in open court, waived the right to cross-examine him, and insisted that the trial should proceed; that thereupon the defendant applied for a continuance on account of the absence of the witness Atkins, whose testimony had not been completed at…
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