Clarey
Clarey v. Security Portland C. Co., Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
An action' was brought by the plaintiff against appellant corporation, which is engaged in the manufacture of cement, to recover the sum of $5,000, with interest.
The court found that the plaintiff on July 26, 1926, loaned the above sum to the appellant; that the latter in considerar tion thereof agreed to repay the same in monthly installments, commencing on August 1, 1926, at the rate of five cents per barrel of cement produced, together with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable with each monthly installment of the principal. sum. It was further found that appellant produced cement after August 1, 1926, and continued to do so from month to month; that it failed to pay any installment as provided by the agreement except the sum" of $27.26, which was not the full amount due at the rate of five cents per barrel for all cement produced, and did not include the agreed interest. The court further found the agreement to be without mutuality, uncertain and void and “that there was a failure of consideration on the part of said defendant.” Upon its findings the court entered judgment against appellant for the full amount of the loan, with interest.