Sun Dial Ranch v. May Land Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Earl C. Bronaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by the Sun Dial Ranch, a corporation, against the May Land Co., a corporation, upon a contract. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $8,671.93, defendant appeals.
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From Multnomah: Earl C. Bronaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by the Sun Dial Ranch, a corporation, against the May Land Co., a corporation, upon a contract. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $8,671.93, defendant appeals. On February 7, 1907, negotiations were pending between plaintiff and defendant for the purchase of a certain tract of land owned by the latter in Multnomah County, Oregon, at the confluence of the Sandy and Columbia Rivers, and fronting on the Columbia River, which is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
At the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony, defendant moved for a nonsuit, and assigns as error the judgment of the court in overruling the same, contending upon this appeal: (1) That the findings of facts made by the trial court were not supported by any evidence; (2) that the findings of facts do not support the decree.
The Sandy River branches a short distance above its month; the western fork thereof forming the Little Sandy River. These, with the Columbia into which they flow, embrace an island of about 447 acres, and several small islands south of the Greenleaf line. For several years…
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