Miller & Sons v. Hanberg

Citations

• 79 Wash. 144
• 139 P. 1085
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1164

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute of — Sale of Standing Timber — Part Performance. The expenditure of $194 in building a skid road, followed immediately by the commencement of the removal of standing timber purchased, is such a part performance of an oral contract for the sale of three hundred1 cords of shingle bolts, at 75 cents per cord, with right of way for its removal, as to take the contract out of the operation of the statute of frauds.</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Harmless Error. Technical error relating to the measure of damages for breach of contract is not prejudicial where. it appears from the verdict that the correct measure was applied.</p>