United States Nat. Bank v. Herron
Oregon Supreme Court
From Malheur; Dalton Biggs, Judge. This is an action by the United States National Bank, a corporation, against Charles E. Herron, Estey A. Herron, his wife, Catherine L. Shehan, appellant, John Smith, the Empire Lumber Company, Limited, a private corporation, and the Vale Land and Irrigation Company, a private corporation. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the defendant, Catherine L. Shehan, appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1DissentJustice Bean
delivered the following dissenting opinion:
I am unable to give my assent to the conclusion reached by Mr. Justice Ramsey in the opinion in this case.
*407It appears from, an agreement executed on the 30th day of July, 1909 (Plaintiff’s Ex. No. 5), that Catherine L. Shehan and Charles E. Herron were about to engage in acquiring, improving and promoting an irrigation project in Malheur County, Oregon. Herron represented that he had procured deeds to certain lands and water rights to be placed in escrow in the plaintiff bank at Yale, Oregon, taking title in his own name. By the agreement made between…
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- McDermott v. JacksonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- McLeod v. DespainOregon Supreme Court · 1907
- Taylor v. Agricultural & Mechanical Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- La Grande National Bank v. BlumOregon Supreme Court · 1895
- Grover v. Hawthorne EstateOregon Supreme Court · 1911
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