Seiffert Co. v. Wright

Citations

• 108 Wash. 616
• 185 P. 577
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 904

Syllabus

<p>Trial (54) —Questions of Law or Fact — Uncontroverted Evidence. Where there is no substantial .conflict in the testimony, whether a promise was a collateral one to answer for the debt of another, or an original undertaking, is one of law.</p> <p>Frauds, Statute of (4)—Debt of Another—Collateral or Original Promise. An oral statement by a general contractor, to induce one employed by a subcontractor to continue on the work, to go ahead and he would see him paid, is a collateral promise to answer for the debt or default of another, and void under the statute of frauds, where the work continued as in the past with the subcontractor in charge.</p>