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Casey v. Macrae

The Supreme Court of Washington
Jun 15, 1928
268 P. 141 (Wash. 1928)

Opinion

No. 21131. Department Two.

June 15, 1928.

APPEAL (389) — REVIEW — AMENDMENTS REGARDED AS MADE. In the absence of a bill of exceptions or statement of facts, it will be presumed, on objection to the complaint, that it was amended to conform to proof supporting the verdict.

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Hall, J., entered October 14, 1927, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract. Affirmed.

Edwin H. Flick and Dwight N. Stevens, for appellants.

John T. Casey, Thomas J. Casey and Morris Dubuar, for respondent.


Plaintiff in this action seeks to recover judgment for services which he claims to have performed under a contract between himself and the defendant Hector F. MacRae, whereby Mr. MacRae agreed to pay plaintiff a commission of $1,000 in the event that plaintiff should find a purchaser for certain property belonging to defendants. In his complaint, plaintiff also alleges, as part of the same cause of action upon which he seeks recovery for the amount which he alleges he earned by way of a commission, that he performed services for defendant of the reasonable value of more than $1,000, no part of which has been paid. The issues were made up and the action proceeded to trial before a jury, a verdict being returned in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000 and interest. Judgment was entered on the verdict, from which the defendants have appealed to this court.

Appellants contend that the complaint fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and that therefore the judgment rendered upon the verdict should be reversed.

[1] No statement of facts or bill of exceptions is before us, and consequently we must presume that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict rendered by the jury, and, if necessary to support this presumption, it will be deemed that the complaint was seasonably amended. Holden v. Romano, 61 Wn. 458, 112 P. 489; McCreery v. Carter, 73 Wn. 394, 131 P. 1125; Queen City Bank v. Danz, 147 Wn. 14, 264 P. 717.

Appellants assign certain other errors which they contend entitle them to a reversal or modification of the judgment herein, but in the absence of a bill of exceptions or statement of facts, we are unable to determine that the judgment, as entered, is incorrect.

The judgment appealed from is affirmed.

FULLERTON, C.J., MAIN, HOLCOMB, and ASKREN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Casey v. Macrae

The Supreme Court of Washington
Jun 15, 1928
268 P. 141 (Wash. 1928)
Case details for

Casey v. Macrae

Case Details

Full title:P.H. CASEY, Respondent, v. HECTOR F. MACRAE et al., Appellants

Court:The Supreme Court of Washington

Date published: Jun 15, 1928

Citations

268 P. 141 (Wash. 1928)
268 P. 141
148 Wash. 136

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