Case Name: The First National Bank of Snohomish, Respondent, v. George W. Loggie, Appellant
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1896-06-18
Citations: 14 Wash. 699
Docket Number: No. 2198
Parties: The First National Bank of Snohomish, Respondent, v. George W. Loggie, Appellant.
Judges: Dunbar, Anders and Gordon, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
[No. 2198.
Decided June 18, 1896.]
The First National Bank of Snohomish, Respondent, v. George W. Loggie, Appellant.
PABTNEESHIP — EVIDENCE — STATEMENT IN CITY DIBECTOBY.
The admission in evidence of a page in a city directory for the purpose of showing that a defendant was a member of a certain firm, there being no proof that he had authorized the insertion of his name therein, or even that he knew the directory contained such a statement, is erroneous.
Appeal from Superior Court, Snohomish County.— Hon. John C. Denney, Judge.
Reversed.
Bell & Austin, and Kerr & McCord, for appellant.
Coleman & Hart, for respondent.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.
Plaintiff brought this action upon two promissory notes alleging that the defendants were partners doing business under the firm name of Log-gie and Evans Lumber Company, in which name the notes were executed. A jury trial was had and verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of plaintiff, and the defendant, George W. Loggie, has appealed therefrom.
On the trial, the court, over the objection of appel lant, admitted in evidence a certain page of the city directory which contained a statement that appellant was a member of the firm aforesaid. There was no proof whatever that appellant had authorized the insertion of his name therein as a member of said firm, or that he even knew that the directory contained any such statement. The proof was clearly incompetent and should have been excluded.
For this reason, the judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded for retrial.
Dunbar, Anders and Gordon, JJ., concur.
Hoyt, O. J., dissents.