Landigan v. Mayer
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck,. Judge. This action was instituted by John Landigan against F. J. Alex. Mayer, administrator of the estate of George Herrall, deceased, to recover certain personal property, consisting of a planer, boiler, engine, and governor, bought of J. M. Arthur & Co., in November, 1890, by Jonathan Tice, who, with Viola Tice, then entered into three several contracts with the. company, all similar in nature, and in form as follows: “Portland, Oregon,…
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From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck,. Judge. This action was instituted by John Landigan against F. J. Alex. Mayer, administrator of the estate of George Herrall, deceased, to recover certain personal property, consisting of a planer, boiler, engine, and governor, bought of J. M. Arthur & Co., in November, 1890, by Jonathan Tice, who, with Viola Tice, then entered into three several contracts with the. company, all similar in nature, and in form as follows: “Portland, Oregon, November 29, 1890. $500.00. June 5, 1891, after date, without grace, for value received, I promise to pay to the order of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
It is urged that the assignments by J. M. Arthur & Company to the plaintiff transferred their claims or demands only, and that the title to the property, notwithstanding, remained in J. M. Arthur & Company. In'this we cannot concur. The contracts are not only evidences of J. M. Arthur & Company’s demands against Tice, but they contain the condi' tions upon which he may retain the property, and obtain a perfect title thereto, it having been delivered into his possession with the execution of such contracts. The transactions amount to conditional sales, with delivery of possession, the sole…
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