O'Connor v. Simpson

Citations

• 37 Wash. 625
• 79 P. 1102
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 782

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Employment — Evidence —Sufficiency—Nonsuit. In an action for services performed at the special instance and request of the defendant, there is sufficient evidence to put defendant upon his proof, and it is error to grant a nonsuit, where the undisputed evidence for the plaintiff tended to show that he was employed hy one H as agent of the defendant to do the assessment work on mines in Alaska, owned hy a corporation of which defendant was president and a stockholder, the defendant agreeing to advance the money therefor, that the appellant had worked for a considerable time under such employment, and there was evidence showing the value of the services, especially where the trial court did not question the credibility of the witnesses (Root, X, dissenting).</p>