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· 4/19/1905

Washington Liquor Co. v. Shaw

Citations

  • 38 Wash. 398
  • 80 P. 536
  • 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1182

Syllabus

<p>Sales—Validity—Action foe Price—Defenses—Goods Sold Poe Illegal Purpose. It is no defense to an action for the purchase price of liquor sold and delivered that the same was to he put to an illegal purpose hy reselling it in a house of ill fame, and that the vendor had knowledge of such fact, where the vendor did not aid or participate in the illegal objects; since such sale of liquor does not amount to a felony or involve great moral turpitude.</p>

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