Embola v. Tuppela

John Tuppela joined the gold seekers’ rush to Alaska, and, after remaining there a number of years prospecting, was adjudged insane and committed to an asylum in Portland, Oregon. Upon *286his release, after a confinement of about four years, he found that his mining properties in Alaska had been sold by his guardian. In May of 1918, Tuppela, destitute and without work, met respondent at Astoria, Oregon. They had been close friends for a period of about thirty years. Respondent advanced money for his support, and in September brought him to Seattle to the home of Herman Lindstrom, a…