Willis v. Horticultural Fire Relief
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lake: Henry L. Benson, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. This is an action by Richard Willis and E. R. Willis, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Willis Furniture Company, against the Horticultural Fire Relief of Oregon, a corporation, to recover upon two fire insurance policies covering the same stock of goods, one for the sum of $2,000 and the other for $4,000, for loss sustained by a fire which occurred on February 5, 1912;…
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From Lake: Henry L. Benson, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. This is an action by Richard Willis and E. R. Willis, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Willis Furniture Company, against the Horticultural Fire Relief of Oregon, a corporation, to recover upon two fire insurance policies covering the same stock of goods, one for the sum of $2,000 and the other for $4,000, for loss sustained by a fire which occurred on February 5, 1912; plaintiffs alleging total loss of $7,200. The insurance company as a defense alleges, among other things, that plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eakin
1. In the record we find what is certified as the bill of exceptions, which includes only a copy of the in*295structions to the jury given by the court with a note of exceptions' to four of them, containing no statement of “so much of the evidence or other matter as is necessary to explain it,” as provided by Section 171, L. O. L.: See Hahn v. Mackay, 63 Or. 100 (126 Pac. 12, 991). Some attorneys seem to have concluded that because by the amendment of the Constitution either party to the appeal may bring up the transcript of all the evidence, exhibits and instructions, they may rely on that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Franklin Insurance v. CulverIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
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