Smith v. Hansen, Hansen & Johnson, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• no evidence of agent’s authority to sell principal’s products despite evidence that the principal furnished agent with an office, telephone, and business cards
• no finding of apparent authority when communication with agent neither occurred at principal’s office nor on principal’s letterhead
• ratification occurs where corporate principal, with full knowledge of the material facts, receives, accepts, and retains benefits from a transaction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ranger Ins. Co. v. Pierce County
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-18· cited 323×
• Ranger Insurance v. Pierce County
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-18· cited 317×
• King v. Riveland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-12-15· cited 126×
• Great American Insurance v. General Builders, Inc.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-03-06· cited 61×
• Barbara Knapke v. Peopleconnect, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-06-29· cited 38×
• McCormick v. Lake Washington School District
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-12-06· cited 36×
• Hoglund v. Meeks
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-07-24· cited 30×
• Costco Wholesale Corp. v. World Wide Licensing Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-07-24· cited 20×
• United Residential Properties, L.P., William Maxwell and Tiffany Tallent v. Tom and Dwana Theis
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-08-21· cited 19×
• State v. French
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-10-24· cited 17×
• Blake Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Saxon
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-12-10· cited 13×
• Estate of Freitag v. Frontier Bank
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-09-02· cited 3×
• Consumers Insurance v. Cimoch
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-04-12· cited 2×
• McCormick v. Lake Washington School Dist.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-01-10
• T-Mobile USA, Inc. v. Selective Ins. Co. of Am.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2019-10-10

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Prier v. Refrigeration Engineering Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-06-20· cited 236×
• Holland v. Boeing Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-08-17· cited 216×
• J.B.C. Lockwood, Jr., Successor to Sanford M. Sage, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Emerald Properties, Inc. v. The Wolf Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-10-06· cited 73×
• Hollywyle Assn., Inc. v. Hollister
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-03-07· cited 64×
• Dwelley v. Chesterfield
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-02-17· cited 50×
• Schoonover v. Carpet World, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-12-21· cited 38×
• Lamb v. General Associates, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-09-27· cited 37×
• Mauch v. Kissling
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-12-14· cited 34×
• Barnes v. Treece
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-05-10· cited 30×
• Amtruck Factors v. International Forest Products
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-08-27· cited 25×
• Larson v. Bear
  Washington Supreme Court· 1951-04-26· cited 25×
• Walker v. Pacific Mobile Homes, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-04-07· cited 22×
• Lumber Mart Co. v. Buchanan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-11-03· cited 18×
• Corn Belt Bank v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-11-30· cited 17×
• Rainier National Bank v. Clausing
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-04-18· cited 13×
• Bill McCurley Chevrolet, Inc. v. Rutz
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-04-25· cited 12×
• Petersen v. Pacific American Fisheries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1919-08-05· cited 12×
• Nawrocki v. Cole
  Washington Supreme Court· 1952-11-13· cited 11×
• Kitzmiller v. Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1916-03-24· cited 5×
• Fair Price House Moving Co. v. Pacleb
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-02-18· cited 4×