Lawson v. Black Diamond Coal Mining Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered November 4, 1905, in favor of the plaintiff, upon striking defendant’s answer upon failure to answer interrogatories, in an action to recover broker’s commissions.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
The complaint in this action alleges that the plaintiff and his assignors rendered and performed services, at the special instance and request of the defendant, in securing a purchaser for certain coal mines and other properties owned by the defendant in King county; that by and through such services, the Pacific Coast Company, a corporation, was induced to purchase said property for the sum of. $1,100,000; that the defendant' received and accepted the benefit of the services so performed by the plaintiff and his assignors, and sold and delivered said properties to the Pacific Coast Company,…
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