Knuppenberg v. Lee

Citations

• 74 Wash. 636
• 134 P. 508
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 2104

Syllabus

<p>Money Paid — Recovery—Defenses—Evidence—Sufficiency. In an action to recover money paid to defendant as an advance on a loan plaintiff was making to him and another, it is no defense that defendant had signed an order for the payment of the advance “out of the money to be loaned,” and that the loan was never made, where it appears that the loan was abandoned because of the refusal of one of the applicants to indorse the note, there was nothing in the agreement to show that the money was not to be repaid if the loan, was not made, and the defendant received the money.</p> <p>Contracts — Construction—Liability. -An applicant for a loan is liable on his agreement to- pay the expense incurred in making it, although the loan was not completed, due to his failure to procure the abstract and complete the loan.</p>