Carlson Bros. v. Weidauer & Lansdown Shingle Co.

Citations

• 69 Wash. 161
• 124 P. 397
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 865

Syllabus

<p>Payment—By Note oe Third Party—Mistake. The acceptance of a note from one company, for shingles sold to another company, under a misunderstanding of the fact that there were two companies with practically the same name, does not constitute a payment of the debt, or show that the debt was in fact the debt of the maker of the note, where the other company had ordered, the shingles and the note was returned on discovery of the mistake; the legal effect of payment by note depending on the intention of the parties.</p>