Legal Opinion

State v. Eberhart

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1919No. 14945PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Whatcom county, Pemberton, J., entered February 9, 1918, dismissing a prosecution for grand larceny, upon sustaining a demurrer to the information.

1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.

The defendant in this case was charged with the crime of grand larceny. The property alleged to have been stolen was one Ford automobile, which was the “personal property of a copartnership consisting of said defendant and Frank Leighton”. To the information, a demurrer was interposed, which was sustained by the trial court. The state elected *223to stand upon the information as drawn and refused to plead further. A judgment was entered dismissing the action, from which the appeal is prosecuted.

There is but one question in the case, and that is whether copartnership property, under the laws of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McCarty v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1890
  2. American Manganese Co. v. Virginia Manganese Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  4. Philips v. Christian CountyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Estado Libre Asociado v. AguayoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1958
  2. State v. CoriaWashington Supreme Court · 2002
  3. State v. BirchCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1984
  4. State v. WebbCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1992
  5. State v. ElsburyNevada Supreme Court · 1946

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