Henrikson v. Pacific Coast Packing Co.

Citations

• 109 Wash. 644
• 187 P. 377
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 947

Syllabus

<p>Sales (3)—Contracts (40, 41)—Validity—Sales Distinguished From Employment—Violation of Federal Food Control Act. A contract between a packing company and the owner of a fishing vessel whereby the owner of the vessel agreed to fish in certain waters and the company agreed to purchase the fish, paying so much per fish for all fish caught and guaranteeing a certain sum for the catch, is primarily a contract of sale and not of employment; and any guaranty of price in excess of the prices fixed by the Federal food control act is unenforceable, since such act is controlling (Mitchell, J., dissenting).</p>