Ulbrand v. Bennett
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. This is an action by D. B. Ulbrand against J. E. Bennett and Alan Welch Smith, in which plaintiff recovered judgment and Alan Welch Smith alone appeals. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. This is an action by D. B. Ulbrand against J. E. Bennett and Alan Welch Smith, in which plaintiff recovered judgment and Alan Welch Smith alone appeals. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. The complaint alleges in substance that the defendants agreed with the' plaintiff about March 30, 1914, that they would receive from the Louis A. Hicks Company money due by that concern to the plaintiff here, safely keep the same and pay it to him on his demand. Then follows this averment: “That on or about the 30th day of March, 1914, the said Louis A.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The testimony discloses substantially the following state of facts: While in the employ of the Hicks Company the plaintiff "was severely injured and taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. The physician who first undertook the case was not securing satisfactory results. Bennett had known Ulbrand for many years, had employed him in various building projects and they were on friendly terms. He visited the injured man at the hospital, took considerable interest in his condition and volunteered his services in undertaking to collect damages from the Hicks Com*561pany as compensation for the…
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