Compton v. Perkins

A narrative of the facts will enable us to state in a better manner our disposition of the assignments of error. The complaint names as defendants twenty-four individuals, but since only two of them, J. W. Perkins and Carrie B. Perkins, have appealed, we shall, for convenience, refer to them as the defendants.

J. W. Perkins came to Roseburg in 1909 where he engaged in the investment business. Some years previously he had lived in the state of Indiana where, according to his testimony, he acquired information about the operation of oil wells. Upon locating in Roseburg, he displayed interest in…