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J.R. SIMPLOT, INC. v. KNIGHT

No. 67652-6.

988 P.2d 955 (1999)

139 Wash.2d 534

J.R. SIMPLOT, INC., d/b/a Simplot Soilbuilders, a Nevada corporation, Respondent, v. Richard L. KNIGHT and Doris M. Knight, husband and wife; Richard E. Knight, a single person, Defendants, Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cone, Gilbreath, Ellis & Cole, Erin L. Anderson, Ellensburg, amicus curiae on behalf of Washington Sav. League and Washington Bakers Assoc.

Robert Wayne Bjur, Zillah, for Defendant.

Halverson & Applegate, Don W. Schussler, Linda Ann Sellers, Yakima, for Petitioner.

Lyon, Weigand & Gustafson, Robert Morrill Boggs, Yakima, for Respondents.

SANDERS, J.

Although "[p]unctuation is a most fallible standard by which to interpret a writing," Lessee of Ewing v. Burnet, 36 U.S. (11 Pet.) 41, 54, 9 L.Ed. 624 (1837), the sole issue we must determine is the legal significance of a hyphen separating multiple payees on a negotiable instrument.

Three checks made payable to the order of "Rick Knight-Simplot Soil Builders" were endorsed and deposited by Rick...

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