Ransom v. Wickstrom & Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered July 17, 1914, upon findings in favor of the defendant, in an action to determine the title to property held under levy of execution, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This case presents a contest for possession of an automobile, between an execution creditor, through the sheriff of King county holding under the levy of an execution, and a third party claiming title as against the execution debtor.
The facts are these: On March 20, 1914, the claimant, Joseph E. Wickstrom & Company, a corporation, entered into a contract with J. E. Wickstrom, its secretary and manager, which, omitting formal parts and signatures, reads as follows:
“Whereas party of the first part, desires to sell a forty horse power Chalmers Roadster at a profit to itself to provide capital…
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