Styers v. Stirrat & Goetz Investment Co.

Citations

• 65 Wash. 676
• 118 P. 896
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 995

Syllabus

<p>Partnership — Contracts — Construction — Existence or Relation. A contract reciting that a construction company “employs” the second party as general manager for the erection of the structural steel on a building, is one of partnership and not of employment, where the second party was to advance certain money to meet the pay roll, the return of which was contingent on the profits of the business, was to have full control of the work, to receive the same per diem compensation as other parties engaged on the work and to share equally the net profits on the job.</p>