Kitzmiller v. Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered April 27, 1915, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to recover a broker’s commission, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Respondents sued and recovered upon a broker’s commission for services performed in selling 10,000 cases of canned salmon, upon a contract made with defendant corporation through its general manager, Joseph Kildall. The salmon was never delivered. Appellants’ claims of error are grounded upon two general propositions, viz.: (1) Kildall had no express or implied authority; (2) the contract was unusual in its terms and without precedent. The arguments are elaborate, but the facts are plain and the issues are simple.
The Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Company, for several years prior to January,…
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