Bean v. Tripp
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: George G. Bingham, Judge. Department 2. The complaint in this case is based upon seventeen causes of action assigned to plaintiff for collection. Upon the trial before the court and a jury a verdict was rendered in favor of ,plaintiff. From a judgment thereon defendants appeal.
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From Lane: George G. Bingham, Judge. Department 2. The complaint in this case is based upon seventeen causes of action assigned to plaintiff for collection. Upon the trial before the court and a jury a verdict was rendered in favor of ,plaintiff. From a judgment thereon defendants appeal. It appears from the record that in September, 1918, the defendants, Tripp & Powell, and the firm of Allen & Wickstrom entered into a contract whereby the defendants were to loan to Allen & Wickstrom sums of money aggregating about $1,800 with which to purchase and equip a sawmill, the defendants taking, as…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
The principal ground of defendants’ contention is that the agreement to pay the men for cutting and transporting the logs and manufacturing the same is within the statute of frauds, and required to be in writing. It is apparent from the record that a three-cornered deal was made between Allen & Wickstrom and defendants, Tripp & Powell, and the men who performed the labor and furnished the stumpage, whereby it was agreed by the defendants that in consideration of the employees of Allen & Wickstrom fore*221going the enforcement of their claims for services performed and stumpage furnished, and the…
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