Kildea v. Washington Liquor Co.
Kildea v. Washington Liquor Co.
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Action by plaintiff for tbe surrender and cancellation of a note for $500 executed by plaintiff, and payable to tbe defendant, tbe Washington Liquor Company, which note was given as a part of the purchase price of certain saloon furniture and fixtures contained in what was known as the “Cricket Saloon,” in Spokane; and also to secure the surrender and satisfaction of a certain note for $1,000 executed by plaintiff to the Heiber Brewing & Malting Company, and secured by a chattel mortgage upon the furniture and fixtures in the Cricket Saloon. On the 2d day of November, 1897, plaintiff received a bill of sale from the Washington Liquor Company, defendant, of the personal property contained in the Cricket Saloon, and, as a consideration for the purchase, executed his note, payable to the liquor company, for $500; and at the same time the brewing and malting company delivered to the liquor company, as a part of the consideration for the purchase price, two checks of $500 each. The bill of sale contains a stipulation that the liquor company would re-purchase the property sold, if at the end of sixty days it was desired by the plaintiff, and the goods were in the same condition. It was also agreed between the parties that a chattel mort
An examination of the evidence confirms the findings of the court. In fact, counsel for appellant do not seem, in their argument, to seriously challenge the correctness of the findings of fact, but appear to insist that the decree entered in the cause is not sustained by the findings. But the suit is an equitable one, and all the parties were before the court. Plaintiff was entitled to the cancellation of the chattel mortgage and of the notes which he had executed, and the defendant and respondent, Heiber Brewing & Malting Company, was entitled to the re-payment of the $1,000 advanced by it upon the purchase of the property.
The judgment will he modified so as to exclude the sixty days’ interest allowed the brewing and malting company, and in all other respects it is affirmed.
Gordon, O. J., and Dunbar and Fullerton, JJ., concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- John Kildea v. Washington Liquor Company, Heiber Brewing and Malting Company
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- Published