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· 10/1/1902

Robinson v. Thoma

Citations

  • 30 Wash. 129
  • 70 P. 240
  • 1902 Wash. LEXIS 658

Syllabus

<p>SALES-EXECUTOBY AGEEEMENT.</p> <p>Payment of purchase money to bind a bargain of sale constitutes merely an executory contract, which does not ripen into a valid sale until the payment of the balance on or before the time stipulated in the contract.</p> <p>SAME-ACTION TO EECOVEB GOODS-ABSENCE OF DEMAND AND TENDEE.</p> <p>A directed verdict in defendant’s favor was warranted in an action to recover a quantity of hay under a contract which recited : “Received from W. W. Robinson ten dollars, on acct of 100 tons hay, more or less, at $5.50. Hay to be moved by thie last of July,” Where the evidence showed that the price was not tendered nor demand for the hay made until a week later than the stipulated time.</p> <p>TENDEE OF PEICE-DEPOSIT OF MONEY IN BANK.</p> <p>The deposit of a sum of money in bank to the credit of the adverse party, and notifying him thereof, does not constitute a sufficient tender in law.</p>

Judges: Hadley

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