Harlow v. Oregonian Publishing Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Melvin C. George, and Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judges, in joint session. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. Suit by F. E. and L. A. Harlow against the Oregonian Publishing Company and H. L. Pittock.
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From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Melvin C. George, and Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judges, in joint session. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. Suit by F. E. and L. A. Harlow against the Oregonian Publishing Company and H. L. Pittock. On April 11, 1864, the defendant Pittock, at that time the owner and proprietor of the Daily Morning Oregonian, entered into the following written contract with one Myron M. South-worth : “A memorandum of an Agreement made this 11th day of April, a. d. 1864, between Henry L. Pittock, of the City of Portland, Oregon, and Myron M. Southworth, of the same place, that the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. Assuming, for the purposes of the opinion, that the plaintiffs have legally succeeded to the rights of South-worth under the original contract, and stand in his place and stead, entitled to all the rights and privileges given him by its terms, and that it embraces all the territory claimed by them, there are two reasons why this suit could not be maintained after the repudiation of the entire contract by the defendants, and the service on the plaintiffs of notice to that effect in June, 1902: first, the plaintiffs, if they are entitled to any relief at all, have a full and complete remedy…
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