44 Wash. 2d 717 - Brown v. Poston’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
April 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Durand v. Heney · Kieburtz v. City of Seattle · Delaney v. John O. Chisolm & Co. · State v. Patterson · George C. Lemcke Co. v. Nordby
Most-quoted passages
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“The subject matter of the contract was technical in nature, and many of the terms and drawings included in the plans and specifications could not be interpreted intelligently without reference to testimony to explain them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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