Grays Harbor Commercial Co. v. Yakima Valley Producers Ass'n

Citations

• 130 Wash. 567
• 228 P. 600
• 1924 Wash. LEXIS 688

Syllabus

<p>Guaranty (9) — Contract—Construction—Extent of Liability. There was no guaranty of trade acceptances for a car of cantaloupe crates, not then loaded and shipped, where it appears that there were three cars of crates, only two of them loaded at the time of shipment, in response to telegrams reciting advice from the broker that the crates “are now loaded” directing shipment at once and stating that the guarantor “will endorse trade acceptance” for ears shipped “the 24th and car now loaded,” the last car referred to not being then loaded or shipped until three weeks later.</p> <p>Same (9). In such a case, the fact that “ship at once” means within a reasonable time, is not controlling, since the contract constitutes an endorsement of trade acceptances only of cars loaded at the time.</p>