Legal Opinion

Barnett Bros. v. Lynn

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1922No. 16575PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Sessions, J., entered December 2, 1920, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action on contract.

1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.

— This appeal is by plaintiff from an order sustaining a demurrer to its amended complaint, and judgment of dismissal based thereon. The ground *309of demurrer, as sustained, is that the amended complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

Aside from the formal allegations, the amended complaint alleges substantially: That plaintiff, a foreign corporation, was engaged in buying fruit in Washington for shipment and sale wholly in interstate commerce; that it was offered defendants’ fruit through the Peach Fruit Growers’ Company, defendants being present at a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Heffron v. PollardTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Sparks v. Dispatch Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  3. Great Lakes Towing Co. v. Mill Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907
  4. Ferguson v. McBeanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Pleins v. WachenheimerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Uni-Com Northwest, Ltd. v. Argus Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1987
  2. Turnbull v. SheltonWashington Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Patent Scaffolding Co. v. Roosevelt Apartments, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Brunzell v. WoodburyNevada Supreme Court · 1969
  5. South Sound National Bank v. MeekCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1975

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