Western Dry Goods Co. v. Hamilton
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered October 22, 1914, in favor of the defendant, in an action on contract, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This is an action at law, tried by the court without a jury. Lester E. Hamilton defaulted. Counsel for appellant prepared findings of fact and conclusions of law consistent with his theory of the case and presented them to the court. The court refused to sign these findings and entered a judgment in favor of respondent M. L. Hamilton, without having made findings of fact or conclusions of law.
We are met at the threshold of the case by an assignment of error which again brings us to a consideration of Rem. & Bal. Code, §367:
“Upon the trial of an issue of fact by the court its decision shall be…
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