Merimac Co. v. Portland Timber & Land Holding Co.

Plaintiff appeals from a decree (erroneously denominated a “judgment order”) entered in favor of defendant in a suit filed by plaintiff to require the defendant to convey certain property to plaintiff.

Tbe trial court entered findings of fact and conclusions of law that Beuben Lenske, an attorney *575(who contended that he was the sole stockholder and representative of plaintiff) did not have authority to represent plaintiff, that plaintiff failed to carry the burden of proof, and that Lenske had “come into this Court of Equity with unclean hands.”

The facts, for reasons which we will discuss…