Society of Doukhobors v. Hecker
Oregon Supreme Court
From Linn: "William Galloway, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mb. Justice Bubnett. In the second amended complaint upon which this action was tried in the Circuit Court it is alleged that the plaintiff Society of Independent Doúkhobors is a corporation duly organized under the laws of Oregon. There are 26 individual plaintiffs. The defendants are husband and wife.
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From Linn: "William Galloway, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mb. Justice Bubnett. In the second amended complaint upon which this action was tried in the Circuit Court it is alleged that the plaintiff Society of Independent Doúkhobors is a corporation duly organized under the laws of Oregon. There are 26 individual plaintiffs. The defendants are husband and wife. It is stated that on May 8, 1913, the defendants and the corporation entered into a written contract, whereby the latter agreed to buy and the former to sell to the corporation two tracts of land in Linn County, designated for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
1. The first thing to consider is the sufficiency of the complaint. As to the individual plaintiffs, it will be remembered that the contract was made with the *71corporate plaintiff. The testimony is that the defendant B. J. Hecker expressly refused to deal separately with a number of individuals, which was the reason for organizing the corporation. It is alleged that, after the execution of the contract, the corporation “verbally assigned its interest in and to 940 acres of the said land to the other plaintiffs.” It is stated in Section 804, L. O. L., that :•
“No estate or interest in real…
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