Stofferan v. Depew

Citations

• 79 Wash. 170
• 139 P. 1084
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1163

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Modification—Consideration. The substitution of a new contract for an old one is a sufficient consideration for the new contract.</p> <p>Contracts — Construction—Actions—Pleading — Complaint. In an action upon an agreement to refund the purchase price of soldier’s additional homestead scrip, in case the department of the interior refuses to recognize or returns the scrip as invalid, the complaint sufficiently alleges the contingency fixing liability to make the refund, where it alleges that an application to file the scrip was rejected and the secretary of the interior “finally rejected the scrip.”</p>