Brummet v. Weaver
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal form Douglas County. The respondent, a married woman, brought suit before a justice of the peace of Douglas county to recover possession of three horses of which, she alleged, she was the owner in her own right, and which she had registered as her separate property. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court, where answer was filed denying her title.
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Appeal form Douglas County. The respondent, a married woman, brought suit before a justice of the peace of Douglas county to recover possession of three horses of which, she alleged, she was the owner in her own right, and which she had registered as her separate property. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court, where answer was filed denying her title. The issues were tried by a jury in the Circuit Court, and verdict and judgment had for respondent, and "Weaver appealed to this court. Assignment of errors. — That the court erred : 1st. In admitting in evidence a record of the…
1Opinion of the CourtShattuck, C. J.
It is assigned, as one of the errors, that the Circuit Court allowed a record of registration of Mrs. Brummet’s property to be read in evidence after appellant had objected to the same, on the ground that said record showed that the property therein mentioned was acquired by purchase, and not by gift, devise, or inheritance. We think *171this objection to the admissibility of the paper is not well taken; for, if the whole paper be examined with reference to this objection, it will appear upon its face, that the property therein described as separate property was received by Mrs. Brummet in…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Peery v. FletcherOregon Supreme Court · 1919
- Runyan v. WinstockOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Starr v. HamiltonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1867