Stabler v. Melvin
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Department 2. The plaintiff is a widow 65 years of age, without any experience in business affairs. The defendant is an attorney duly licensed to practice in this state, with offices in the City of Portland, and in connection therewith is a real estate broker.
Read the full summary
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Department 2. The plaintiff is a widow 65 years of age, without any experience in business affairs. The defendant is an attorney duly licensed to practice in this state, with offices in the City of Portland, and in connection therewith is a real estate broker. On November 12, 1912, plaintiff was the owner of two lots in Block 17 of Westmoreland Addition to the City of Portland, with mortgages thereon amounting to about $2,750, and some city liens. As her agent the defendant undertook to negotiate a trade for the plaintiff by which she would receive…
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNS, J. —
1. The complaint is voluminous, yet in substance it is an action for money had and received. There are eleven assignments of error, but under the conclusion which we have reached after a careful study of the whole record they all become immaterial and unimportant, except as to the amount of the judgment. It appears from the record that the $650 note and mortgage upon the fifteen-acre tract were exe*230cuted without any consideration; that in truth and in fact the defendant was the owner of the land at the time that note and mortgage were executed; that Hattie C. Burton is now the owner…
2Cited by10 opinions
- Dippold v. Cathlamet Timber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1920
- Levine v. LevineOregon Supreme Court · 1920
- State v. CummingsOregon Supreme Court · 1955
- Olson v. HeisenOregon Supreme Court · 1918
- Miller Lum. Co. v. DavisOregon Supreme Court · 1919
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.