Empson Packing Co. v. Lamb-Davis Lumber Co.

Citations

• 112 Wash. 75
• 191 P. 833
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 710

Syllabus

<p>Sales (1)—Contract—Execution—Signature oe Parties. A contract for the sale of hox shooks was incomplete and not enforceable between the parties, where the original draft of the contract was reduced to writing and signed by one of the parties and forwarded to the other, which other, before signing, made changes therein and returned it, and the first party, though accepting the changes, made other changes and insisted upon a contract without interlineations and erasures, and after still other changes, it was agreed that a contract containing the terms upon which the parties had agreed should be signed by the presidents of the respective companies, which was never done.</p> <p>Pleading (173)—Issues, Proof and Variance—Evidence Admissible Under General Denial. In an action for breach of contract to deliver box shooks, a letter tending to show that the original draft of the contract had been accepted by neither of the parties is admissible under a general denial.</p>