Legal Opinion

Pratt v. Kross

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1976PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*485HOLMAN, J.

Plaintiff brought an action for fraud under ORS 59.115(l)(b) of the Oregon Securities Law. Defendant’s demurrer to the complaint, which was based upon failure to allege a cause of action, was sustained and plaintiff appealed from an order of dismissal which resulted from her failure to plead further.

Plaintiff’s action was to recover a $15,000 investment she made as a limited partner in a business operated by defendant. The court sustained the demurrer on the specific ground that an ordinary limited partnership interest is not a security under the Oregon Securities Law, and whether…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. FormanSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Silver Hills Country Club v. SobieskiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
  4. State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Securities v. Hawaii Market Center, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1971
  5. State v. WhiteakerOregon Supreme Court · 1926

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Reeves v. TeuscherCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  2. Computer Concepts, Inc. v. BrandtOregon Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Ahern v. GaussoinDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1985
  4. State v. DuncanMontana Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Wheeler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983

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