Raber v. Clark

This suit is tried de novo on appeal, upon the record and transcript of evidence accompanying it: Sections 405, 556, Or. L.

Plaintiffs charge that their certain promissory note and mortgage in the amount of $1,750 was obtained from them by the defendants by means of false pretenses and fraudulent representations.

The evidence shows that about October 1, 1918, the plaintiffs purchased a tract of land in Deschutes County, Oregon, and that in the transaction the defendant E. L. Clark acted as the pretended friend, agent and representative of plaintiffs, thereby handling all details of the matter…