Crane v. Jones
Oregon Supreme Court
Marion County: Geo. H. Burnett, Judge. This is an action by M. L. Crane against C. L. Jones. as endorser of a promissory note for one hundred and fifty dollars, dated the twenty-ninth of April, 1879, executed and made payable in the province of Ontario, Canada, due one month after date.
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Marion County: Geo. H. Burnett, Judge. This is an action by M. L. Crane against C. L. Jones. as endorser of a promissory note for one hundred and fifty dollars, dated the twenty-ninth of April, 1879, executed and made payable in the province of Ontario, Canada, due one month after date. The complaint alleges that soon after the maturity of the note the defendant came to the United States, and for more than nine years prior to the commencement of this action was concealed within the State of Oregon, under an assumed name, and his whereabouts unknown to the plaintiff until a short time before…
1Per curiam
The only question for decision is, whether section 16 of Hill’s Code is designed to apply to a defendant who was a non-resident of the state at the time the cause of action arose. This question was considered in McCormick v. Blanchard, 7 Or. 232, and it was there held that section 16, when considered in connection with section 26, should be construed to apply to residents only, and this is decisive of the question now presented unless that case is to be overruled, and this, as at present advised, we are not prepared to do. Judgment aepirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCormick v. BlanchardOregon Supreme Court · 1879
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