Westland v. Post Land Co.

Citations

• 115 Wash. 329
• 197 P. 44
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 738

Syllabus

<p>Appeal (366) —Review — Undisputed Evidence. Where the sole question on appeal is the proper conclusion to be drawn from practically undisputed evidence, and there is no question of the credibility of witnesses or of the weight to be given to their testimony, the duty of deciding the proper conclusions to be drawn from the evidence is imposed on the appellate court, though they may be contrary to the findings of the trial court.</p> <p>Corporations (128)—Officers and Agents—Dealings With Corporation. A contract entered into by an individual with a corporation of which he is the chief stockholder and president, while subject to close scrutiny by the courts for fraud and overreaching, is not necessarily illegal.</p> <p>Fraud (22)—Evidence—Sufficiency. The purchase of a printing press, by an individual and his lease thereof to a printing company of which he was a majority stockholder and president, and a later sale of the lease and press by the printing company to a land company of which the same individual ■tfas a majority stockholder and president, was valid as against the creditors of the printing company in the absence of a showing of fraud.</p>