Aries v. Quaglia

Citations

• 57 Wash. 171
• 106 P. 615
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 721

Syllabus

<p>Indemnity — Contract—Construction. Defendant’s contract to hold the plaintiff harmless from all liability for the rent of certain premises, to the end that plaintiff he released from the payment of any part of said rents, indemnifies the plaintiff from liability upon a contract to pay $25 per month “as a part of the rental of said premises,” made in consideration of the execution of a lease to plaintiff’s company at $225 per month; and the fact that the $25 was to he paid by plaintiff whether the premises would he occupied or not, does not render it a mere bonus, and not part of the rent, the defendant having notice of the contract calling for the payment as part of the rent.</p>