Broad v. Erickson Construction Co.

Citations

• 101 Wash. 51
• 171 P. 1025
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 796

Syllabus

<p>Sales—Contract — Payment — Liability of Purchaser for Exchange and Discount. Defendant’s contract with a timber brokerage concern of this state for materials to be ordered from plaintiff in Australia, the price to be paid in American money in Australia, the defendant furnishing a letter of credit to cover the price, is not a contract made between two parties in this state,, but was a contract made between a party in this state and a party in Australia, and obligates the defendant to pay the exchange and discounts constituting the cost of making the payment in Australia; and the fixing of the price in American money was only a convenient way of stating it.</p>