Walker v. Adams
Walker v. Adams
Opinion of the Court
-On a previous appeal this court reversed and dismissed the cause of action sued upon, as against one Oallendar and wife, and remanded the case for a new trial as to respondent Adams. Walker v. Callendar, 109 Wash. 516, 187 Pac. 380. On the new trial against Adams, the court submitted the case to a jury, and after verdict in favor of appellants, on motion therefor, entered judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and dismissed the action.
The only error involved is upon the granting of the motion for judgment n. o. v., and dismissing the action.
The ground on which we remanded the case for the trial as to Adams was that the record as it then stood showed assertions of fact as to appellant Walker about which Adams claimed to have information of which
“Q. It answers the description Mr. Callendar had given him? A. Yes, sir. Q. And you knew when he said that, that was what he meant? A. That is what he meant? Yes.”
It will thus be seen that what Adams said was that the land they were looking at answered the description pretty well that Callendar had given him, that he was satisfied it answered the description, and that was
From all the evidence it is apparent that Walker was aware that Adams did not know the exact location of the land and did not claim to know it. It is also evident that Adams never claimed to have such description and knowledge of the land as would enable him to identify it, or that he lead Walker to believe that he could accurately point it out. Walker testifies that Adams never at any time told him that he, Adams, personally knew about the property.
It is unfortunate that none of the parties had such a reliable description of the property as to enable Walker and Adams to locate it accurately by its appearance. But Walker and Adams were dealing at arms’ length, there was no overreaching, and no fraud or misrepresentation. This is not a case where the owner of real property, or his agent, possessing knowledge as to the location of the property of which their vendee is ignorant, takes the prospective purchaser out and pretends to point out to him the property for the purpose of sale. It is therefore not a case within the principle announced in Bradford v. Adams, 73 Wash. 17, 131 Pac. 449.
We are forced to the conclusion that the trial court was right in granting judgment n. o. v. and dismissing the case.
Affirmed.
Parker, C. J., Bridges, Mackintosh, and Mitchell, JJ., concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Hugh F. Walker v. H. B. Adams
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