State v. Mendenhall

Citations

• 24 Wash. 12
• 63 P. 1109
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 486

Syllabus

<p>FALSE PRETENSES-DEFENSES • — ■ PARTNERSHIP.</p> <p>An executory contract for the division of profits on the sale of goods does not constitute a partnership, so as to exonerate from the crime of larceny one of the parties thereto who fraudulently obtains such goods from the other party by false pretenses.</p> <p>SAME-AGENCY.</p> <p>A person who by false and fraudulent pretenses obtains the goods of another cannot escape liability for his crime on the ground that he acted merely as an agent in procuring possession of the goods for his principal.</p>