Court Opinion

ID: 4924936
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-23 21:31:38.329062+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:14:16.913933
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Blake, J.
(dissenting) — That George Tibbits paid Edward Tibbits’ indebtedness to J. W. Prall, there can be no doubt. To my mind, there is more than a doubt that Edward ever reimbursed George. Payment is an affirmative defense, and the burden is on the defendant to establish it by a preponderance of evidence. Pickle v. Anderson, 62 Wash. 552, 114 Pac. 177; Palmer v. Parker, 91 Wash. 683, 158 Pac. 1017. By its judgment, the trial court obviously concluded that payment had not been established. I do not think that a different conclusion can be said to be sustained by a preponderance of the evidence. I therefore dissent.