Pioneer Lumber Co. v. Gevurtz

Washington Supreme Court

Pioneer Lumber Co. v. Gevurtz

204 P. 774, 119 Wash. 133, 1922 Wash. LEXIS 709

CourtWashington Supreme Court

DecidedMarch 15, 1922

DocketNo. 16833

StatusPublished

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Pioneer Lumber Co. v. Gevurtz, 204 P. 774, 119 Wash. 133, 1922 Wash. LEXIS 709 (Wash. 1922).

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Mackintosh, J.

— The controversy before us arises over a writ of garnishment issued against the respondent, which had in its possession $976.18, the proceeds of drafts drawn by the defendant upon the appellant. . The appellant paid these drafts and then had the pro[134]*134ceeds garnished to satisfy a judgment which it had obtained against the defendant. The only issue is whether this money belonged to the defendant or to his wife. The trial court held that it belonged to the latter, and discharged the respondent.

The defendant was a lumber broker in Vancouver, B. C., and the appellant, which is engaged in the lumber business in Seattle, purchased from the defendant cars of lumber which the defendant had bought from mills in Byitish Columbia. The defendant drew drafts on the appellant for the purchase price of these shipments, the drafts being made payable to a bank in Vancouver, the invoices and bills of lading being attached to the draft. These were then forwarded by the Vancouver bank to the respondent bank in Seattle, which presented the same to the appellant, who paid them.

The only testimony in the case as to the ownership of the proceeds of these drafts comes from Mrs. Gevurtz, whose testimony was taken by deposition, and is to the effect that she purchased the drafts from her husband, having paid for them by advancing the money necessary to be paid to the mills from which the lumber was purchased, with the addition of certain funds which she had given him to be used in another branch of his business.

It is the claim of the appellant that this transaction between Mrs. Gevurtz and her husband did not amount to a sale by him and a purchase by her of the documents, but was only a loan by her to him. This is a disputed fact, of course, and our examination of the testimony leads us to the same conclusion as that reached by the trial court, to wit, that Mrs. Gevurtz became the owner of the documents and was entitled to their proceeds. [135]*135Being satisfied that this is the result to be arrived at, it is unnecessary to enter upon a discussion of another phase of the case which would lead to the same end. Under Vickers v. Machinery Warehouse etc. Co., 111 Wash. 576, 191 Pac. 869, and National Bank of the Republic v. Hines, 112 Wash. 352, 192 Pac. 899, even if we should have found as a fact that the transaction amounted to a loan, yet it was secured by a pledge of the documents, which fact would affirm the judgment. The judgment of the lower court is sustained.

Parker, O. J., Holcomb, Hoyey, and Main, JJ., concur.

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Mackintosh, J.

— The controversy before us arises over a writ of garnishment issued against the respondent, which had in its possession $976.18, the proceeds of drafts drawn by the defendant upon the appellant. . The appellant paid these drafts and then had the pro[134]*134ceeds garnished to satisfy a judgment which it had obtained against the defendant. The only issue is whether this money belonged to the defendant or to his wife. The trial court held that it belonged to the latter, and discharged the respondent.

The defendant was a lumber broker in Vancouver, B. C., and the appellant, which is engaged in the lumber business in Seattle, purchased from the defendant cars of lumber which the defendant had bought from mills in Byitish Columbia. The defendant drew drafts on the appellant for the purchase price of these shipments, the drafts being made payable to a bank in Vancouver, the invoices and bills of lading being attached to the draft. These were then forwarded by the Vancouver bank to the respondent bank in Seattle, which presented the same to the appellant, who paid them.

The only testimony in the case as to the ownership of the proceeds of these drafts comes from Mrs. Gevurtz, whose testimony was taken by deposition, and is to the effect that she purchased the drafts from her husband, having paid for them by advancing the money necessary to be paid to the mills from which the lumber was purchased, with the addition of certain funds which she had given him to be used in another branch of his business.

It is the claim of the appellant that this transaction between Mrs. Gevurtz and her husband did not amount to a sale by him and a purchase by her of the documents, but was only a loan by her to him. This is a disputed fact, of course, and our examination of the testimony leads us to the same conclusion as that reached by the trial court, to wit, that Mrs. Gevurtz became the owner of the documents and was entitled to their proceeds. [135]*135Being satisfied that this is the result to be arrived at, it is unnecessary to enter upon a discussion of another phase of the case which would lead to the same end. Under Vickers v. Machinery Warehouse etc. Co., 111 Wash. 576, 191 Pac. 869, and National Bank of the Republic v. Hines, 112 Wash. 352, 192 Pac. 899, even if we should have found as a fact that the transaction amounted to a loan, yet it was secured by a pledge of the documents, which fact would affirm the judgment. The judgment of the lower court is sustained.

Parker, O. J., Holcomb, Hoyey, and Main, JJ., concur.

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