Logan v. Parson
Oregon Supreme Court
Prom Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. H. B. Parson and A. M. H. Parson are husband and wife. It is admitted by the pleadings that John O. Logan and William Brown “have been and now are partners doing business under the firm name and style of Logan & Brown.”
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Prom Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. H. B. Parson and A. M. H. Parson are husband and wife. It is admitted by the pleadings that John O. Logan and William Brown “have been and now are partners doing business under the firm name and style of Logan & Brown.” A. M. H. Parson owned an automobile which the plaintiffs agreed to purchase for $1,200. On September 9,1913, the plaintiffs paid $150 in cash, Brown gave his note for $50, payable to A. M. H. Parson, and Logan & Brown signed a contract note for $1,000, the balance of the purchase price. The contract…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris
The $1,000 note was received by the defendant Frazier on the purchase price of a Cadillac automobile which he had sold to Parson. The transaction was genuine, and there is no evidence to sustain the charge made in the complaint that the transfer of the note to Frazier was a pretense and made only for the purpose, of enabling him to enforce the note as an innocent purchaser.
The remaining question is whether H. B. Parson made false representations as charged in the complaint. There is a sharp and irreconcilable conflict in the testimony of the interested parties as to whether Parson made the…
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