Mahon v. Rankin
Oregon Supreme Court
Statement by Mr. Justice Slater. This is an action by H. C. Mahon against M. B. Rankin to recover $39,692.15, and interest thereon from January 15, 1907, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, claimed to have been earned as a commission for the purcase of 40,898.65 acres of timber land in Lane, Benton, and Douglas counties, under a special oral agreement made with defendant about November 1, 1906. The substance of the material averments of the amended complaint are: That the…
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Statement by Mr. Justice Slater. This is an action by H. C. Mahon against M. B. Rankin to recover $39,692.15, and interest thereon from January 15, 1907, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, claimed to have been earned as a commission for the purcase of 40,898.65 acres of timber land in Lane, Benton, and Douglas counties, under a special oral agreement made with defendant about November 1, 1906. The substance of the material averments of the amended complaint are: That the plaintiff was. to procure from the several owners of such lands contracts for the sale thereof to defendant, at such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Slater
1. The first error assigned for a reversal of the judgment is based upon an exception to the admission of the testimony of plaintiff given in rebuttal, and in explanation of his written declarations against his interest in a series of letters and telegrams addressed to the defendant. They were dated after January 15, 1907, on which date plaintiff had addressed a letter to the defendant, in which he had stated, in substance, that he considered his part of the original contract fulfilled, inasmuch as the land had been purchased, the deeds secured, and placed in the bank according to agreement,…
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