Gettins v. Hennessey
Oregon Supreme Court
From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. Statetment by Mr. Justice McBride. This is an action brought by F. K. Gettins against P. Hennessey, M. N. Knuppenburg, F. M. Wilson and D. H. Butts as partners under the style and firm name of S. Y. W. C. R. R. Co., to recover payment for services rendered to an alleged partnership between Hennessey and the other defendants named herein.
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From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. Statetment by Mr. Justice McBride. This is an action brought by F. K. Gettins against P. Hennessey, M. N. Knuppenburg, F. M. Wilson and D. H. Butts as partners under the style and firm name of S. Y. W. C. R. R. Co., to recover payment for services rendered to an alleged partnership between Hennessey and the other defendants named herein. The complaint is for work and labor performed as a surveyor, and for materials furnished, and also upon an assigned account of the same character for work and labor performed by D. L. Buckingham. Hennessey was the only…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
Counsel for plaintiff state concisely in their brief the questions involved in this appeal, and we will now consider them in the order therein enumerated: (1) Was there prejudicial error committed by the lower court at the trial, either in the introduction of evidence or in his instruction to the jury? (2) Was there a copartnership, under which the debt sued upon in this action was contracted? (3) If so, was the appellant herein a member of such partnership? (4) Was there any legal .evidence before the jury upon which it could base the verdict upon which the judgment herein is based? (5) Is…
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