Copeland v. Tweedle
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clatsop :■ James A. Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice. Burnett. The defendants, David Tweedle and Ellen J. Tweedle, are husband and wife.
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From Clatsop :■ James A. Eakin, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice. Burnett. The defendants, David Tweedle and Ellen J. Tweedle, are husband and wife. On June 21, 1910, the plaintiff, who is the wife of W. H. Copeland, took conveyance from the .defendants of certain lands in Clatsop County, the separate property of the defendant Ellen J. Tweedle, paying therefor $3,900. The plaintiff brings this suit to set aside that conveyance, to recover the sum of money paid for the same, and to make the decree a lien upon the land in question. In substance, the ground of her recovery is that the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
It is admitted in the testimony that neither of the defendants had any direct negotiations with the plaintiff in person. It is also admitted that the plaintiff herself, neither directly nor by any person acting for her, had any direct negotiations with the defendant Ellen J. Tweedle. In all the transactions involved, the plaintiff was represented by W. H. Copeland, her husband, acting as her agent by her consent. It appears in evidence also that early in April, 1910, John Corcoran, the brother of the defendant Ellen Tweedle, addressed to her this letter signed by himself:
“Sister Éllen J.…
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