Way v. Lyric Theater Co.

Citations

• 79 Wash. 275
• 140 P. 320
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1171

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Preservation of Grounds — Exceptions — Sufficiency. One general exception to separate findings of fact and conclusions of law is not sufficient to secure a review of the evidence.</p> <p>Husband and Wife — Community Property and Debts — Presumptions. Notes given by a corporation and married men, who were stockholders, for the purchase of an automobile to be used as a prize for the benefit of the corporate business, are presumptively for the benefit of the communities, and create a community debt, unless the presumption is rebutted by showing that the stock was the separate property of the husbands; the test being whether the transaction was carried on for the benefit of the community, not whether it resulted in a profit.</p> <p>Evidence — Parol Evidence — To Vary Note — Signing as Officers. Where a joint note purports to be signed by a corporation and certain individuals, the latter cannot show that they signed in their official capacity only, ánd were not individually liable.</p>