Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Williams v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 28, 1916No. 13224PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered December 11, 1915, in an action on contract, dismissing a complaint in intervention, upon sustaining a demurrer thereto.

1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.

This case is here for the purpose of reviewing a judgment of the superior court dismissing a complaint in intervention. The facts are these: On June 29, 1911, the Kettle Valley Railway Company, a corporation, contracted with L. M. Rice & Company, a corporation, for the construction of forty-one miles of railroad. Rice & Company took this contract, not only for the benefit of itself, but for the benefit of Boomer & Hughes and Grant Smith & Company. In referring to these parties, the name of Rice & Company alone will be used.

The contract covered all the work of grading the right of way,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Smith v. GaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Horn v. Volcano Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1859
  3. Coffey v. GreenfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Huntsvile Belt Line & Monte Sano Railway Co. v. Corpening & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  5. Stich v. DickinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Westerman v. CaryWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  2. American Discount Corp. v. Saratoga West, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1972
  3. BANKERS'MORTG. CO. OF TOPEKA, KAN. v. McCombCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
  4. Cascade Timber Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1947
  5. State Ex Rel. Resburg v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1932

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