Wittler-Corbin Machinery Co. v. Martin

Citations

• 53 Wash. 65
• 101 P. 494
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1271

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Decisions—Law of Case.- A decision of the supreme court that a description of an engine in a conditional bill of sale was a sufficient memorandum to give constructive notice to subsequent purchasers and incumbrancers becomes the law of the case on a retrial; and it is error on the retrial to submit the question to the jury.</p> <p>Sales — Conditional Sales — Sufficiency of Description — Evidence — Admissibility. In replevin for an engine held under a conditional bill of sale, upon an issue as to whether the bill of sale sufficiently described the engine to give constructive notice, it is error to receive evidence that there were similar engines in the county to which the description would apply; since the description need not be so particular as to exclude all other engines.</p>