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· 12/5/1906

Cuschner v. Longbehn

Citations

  • 44 Wash. 546
  • 87 P. 817
  • 1906 Wash. LEXIS 873

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Record—Statement oe Pacts. Where amendments have been proposed to a statement oí facts, the court is without jurisdiction to certify the statement when no notice of settlement has be'en given, and a statement so certified will be stricken.</p> <p>Judgment — Res Adjudioata. A judgment against the vendor of personal property denying his right to recover possession, in an action brought on the theory that the transaction was a conditional sale, is res adjudicata and a bar to a subsequent action of replevin brought by the plaintiff against the same vendees on the theory of rescission of the sale for fraudulent representations of the vendees inducing the sale.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that the rule of construing an ambiguous contract against its drafter “is not to be resorted to unless necessary” and “[w]here satisfactory results can be reached by other rules of analysis and construction, it may not be invoked”
  • the rule to construe against the drafter should not be used if other rules of construction reach the intent of the parties
  • the rule to construe against the drafter should not be used if other rules of construction reach the intent of the parties

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Judges: Crow

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