Rothman v. Wilson

GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

In the fall of 1935 the receiver of the Prudential Savings & Loan Association (sometimes herein referred to as Prudential), an insolvent corporation, was offering for sale in the state of Oregon certain assets of the defunct corporation. The parties to this suit became interested in the purchase of these properties, which brought them into business relations with one another, out of which this litigation resulted.

The appellant Harry D. Rothman had been admitted to the bar in 1930. Up to the time of the trial he had little experience in legal work. He had never written…