Suksdorf v. Spokane, P. & S. Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. Statement of Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by Theodore Suksdorf, Jane Doe Suksdorf, his wife, and Phillip Suksdorf, against the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, a corporation, to correct an alleged mistake in a contract whereby the plaintiffs conveyed to the defendant a right of way across certain lands, and to recover damages for an alleged breach of the agreement as reformed.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. Statement of Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by Theodore Suksdorf, Jane Doe Suksdorf, his wife, and Phillip Suksdorf, against the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, a corporation, to correct an alleged mistake in a contract whereby the plaintiffs conveyed to the defendant a right of way across certain lands, and to recover damages for an alleged breach of the agreement as reformed. The defendant denies the mistake and the allegation of damages, and states new matter deemed unimportant for the purpose of this opinion. From a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
As a result of negotiations for a right of way through the plaintiffs ’ lands upon which was platted the town of Bingen, Washington, the defendant by its then name made an agreement on February 15, 1906, whereby, in consideration of the conveyance by the plaintiffs Theodore Suksdorf and wife of certain lands described for $1,000, and in further consideration of the stipulation of Phillip Suksdorf that a judgment of *400condemnation for defendant’s right of way should be entered in an action pending between the defendant and said Phillip in the Washington courts at a compensation of $1,400, “said…
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