Minnesota & Oregon Land & Timber Co. v. Hewitt Inv. Co.
District Court, D. Oregon
In Equity. Suit for specific performance by the Minnesota & Oregon Land & Timber Company and another against the Hewitt Investment Company. Tliis is a suit to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract or agreement for the sale and conveyance of certain real property by the defendant,. the Hewitt Investment Company, to the plaintiff Minnesota & Oregon Land & Timber Company.
Read the full summary
In Equity. Suit for specific performance by the Minnesota & Oregon Land & Timber Company and another against the Hewitt Investment Company. Tliis is a suit to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract or agreement for the sale and conveyance of certain real property by the defendant,. the Hewitt Investment Company, to the plaintiff Minnesota & Oregon Land & Timber Company. The plaintiff E. Z. Ferguson was the agent of the Land & Timber Company, and was authorized to contract for and to purchase timber lands for said company in his name. About December 22, 1905, the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtWolverton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). That the parties, Henry Hewitt, Jr., acting on the one part and E. Z. Ferguson on the other, had an understanding that the defendant company should deed the lands in dispute to Ferguson for a consideration of $12,800, there is no dispute. But there is a dispute as to whether Ferguson as further part consideration for the sale to him agreed to secure other lands for the defendant company adjoining some that it held in Columbia county. It is also disputed that the deed was delivered to the bank in escrow, and it is affirmed that whatever negotiations might…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cannon v. HandleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
- Flegel v. DowlingOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Gaston v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1888
- Regan v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Wier v. BatdorfNebraska Supreme Court · 1888
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- Simpson v. GreenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- Day v. TownsendTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Akers v. BrooksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Christiansen v. HOCKEMAIndiana Court of Appeals · 1962
- Christiansen v. HOCKEMAIndiana Court of Appeals · 1962
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.