Dundas v. Grand View Land Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by A. L. Dundas against the Grand View Land Company, an Oregon corporation. It is admitted that a Wisconsin corporation doing business in Oregon employed the plaintiff to act as its manager at $100 per month, and that afterward the defendant took over all its property and agreed to pay all the debts of the Wisconsin concern.
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From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by A. L. Dundas against the Grand View Land Company, an Oregon corporation. It is admitted that a Wisconsin corporation doing business in Oregon employed the plaintiff to act as its manager at $100 per month, and that afterward the defendant took over all its property and agreed to pay all the debts of the Wisconsin concern. The plaintiff alleges, and the defendant denies, that he performed services for the assignor of defendant amounting at the agreed rate to $2,730, no part of which has been paid.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
1. The claims of error are too indefinite to challenge the correctness of the procedure in the Circuit Court: Redsecker v. Wade, 69 Or. 153 (134 Pac. 5, 138 Pac. 485, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 269); Ellis v. Abbott, 69 Or. 234 (138 Pac. 488).
2. By motion and affidavit the plaintiff contends that the ruling of the Circuit Court on the motion for new trial there, as noted above, was not included in the bill of exceptions. "We do not decide whether it was or not, for, if it was, it would not affect the result. From the files connected with the matter, it appears that the only reason specified for a new…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Redsecker v. WadeOregon Supreme Court · 1913
- Ellis v. AbbottOregon Supreme Court · 1914
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