Pioneer Show & Commercial Printing Co. v. Zetosh
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Department 1. The Pioneer Show and Commercial Printing Company, a corporation, is attempting to recover from the defendants the sum of $775. The action is based upon the following writing: “Walter Reed, President; Sidney Zetosh, Secretary-Treasurer; Lee Riley, Advance Representative; Milton W. Seaman, Manager. “September 12, 1917. “To Pioneer Printing Company, “Seattle, Washington.
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Department 1. The Pioneer Show and Commercial Printing Company, a corporation, is attempting to recover from the defendants the sum of $775. The action is based upon the following writing: “Walter Reed, President; Sidney Zetosh, Secretary-Treasurer; Lee Riley, Advance Representative; Milton W. Seaman, Manager. “September 12, 1917. “To Pioneer Printing Company, “Seattle, Washington. “We, the Undersigned, do hereby guarantee The Pioneer Printing Company of Seattle against loss for printing done for the Western Producing Company (Inc.) to the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
1. The Code, Section 808, snbd. 2, L. O. L., provides that an agreement to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another is void, unless the same or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be in writing. The trial court ruled that the instrument signed by the defendants did not express the consideration as required by the statute, and the only question for decision is whether that ruling was correct.
In all jurisdictions where, either by force of statute or by judicial decision, the consideration must be expressed, the rule, following the formula in Hawes v.…
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