Bounds v. Galbraith

Citations

• 117 Wash. 225
• 200 P. 1082
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 1015

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wife (12) — Disabilities of Coverture — Debts Contracted by Wife. Under Rem. Code, § 5927, imposing liability upon a wife for her contracts to the same extent as if she were unmarried, she is liable upon her promise to pay a community debt.</p> <p>Frauds, Statute of (4) — Promise to Pay Debt — Collateral or Original Promise. In an action for services performed for defendant and her deceased husband, an allegation of the complaint that defendant “would pay and cause to be paid” the reasonable value of the services to be rendered does not set up a collateral promise but alleges a positive promise to pay, not the debt of another, but her own debt.</p> <p>Appeal (454) — Review—Harmless Error — Facts Otherwise Established. Refusal to strike the testimony of plaintiff as to the reasonable value of her own services is not prejudicial, where the same value is elicited by the testimony of two competent witnesses.</p>