Roadman v. Harding
Oregon Supreme Court
From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by Herbert B. Roadman against W. C. Harding, Ada Harding, his wife, R, W. Hinldey, and Catherine Hinldey, his wife.
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From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by Herbert B. Roadman against W. C. Harding, Ada Harding, his wife, R, W. Hinldey, and Catherine Hinldey, his wife. The essence of the complaint is that at Roseburg, Oregon, about December 15, 1908, plaintiff entered into an agreement with the two husbands, by which he was to secure an option from the owners thereof for the purchase by the plaintiff of 368 acres of land in Douglas County for the sum of $14,000, and that they would pay the purchase price, take title to the land, and, in consideration of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
Reduced to its lowest terms, the plaintiff’s complaint amounts to the assertion that he rendered services for the defendant husbands, in that he procured an option for the purchase of the lands in question in his own name, which the defendant husbands agreed to take up, and to pay for the land, and afterwards to convey to him 20 acres thereof as compensation for his services. It is not pretended that this agreement was reduced to writing, or that the plaintiff advanced any money whatever which went into the purchase of the land. It is not contended on part of the plaintiff that the land was…
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