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HOCKLEY v. HARGITT

No. 42638.

82 Wn.2d 337 (1973)

510 P.2d 1123

RAYMOND T. HOCKLEY, Respondent, v. JOE E. HARGITT et al., Petitioners, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of King County, et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 31, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson, Goldmark, Bender, Anderson, Whelan, Brotman & Leed and Roger M. Leed, for appellants.

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, William R. Creech, Deputy, Steven H. Chestnut, and Keller, Rohrback, Waldo, Moren & Hiscock, for respondents.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, James M. Kennedy and Robert J. Wesley, amici curiae.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

On a September Sunday in 1971 the plaintiff not only bought himself a franchise but, as it turned out, he acquired a lawsuit of staggering complexity. After a single sales presentation, plaintiff agreed to pay $18,000 for a Tacoma franchise to provide the public with a total divorce service by providing legal and financing services. Within a few days he had paid the entire fee, including the delivery of $10,000 in cash.

Within a month, second...

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