Washington Supreme Court September 14, 1912, No. 10260 (Maher & Co. v. Farnandis)

Gose, J.

The defendant Farnandis had a contract with the defendant Cascade Investment Company, a corporation, whereby he agreed to do the excavating and construct a building for it upon certain of its property in the city of Seattle. He thereafter sublet the excavating work to the defendant Carter, and agreed to pay him eighty cents per cubic yard therefor.