Hood v. Seachrest
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin H. G-antenbein, Judge. Department 1. This is an action for damages for fraudulent misrepresentations.
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From Multnomah: Calvin H. G-antenbein, Judge. Department 1. This is an action for damages for fraudulent misrepresentations. The complaint, which was filed on February 24,1917, alleges in substance, that on March 1, 1910, the defendant and three others were the joint owners of certain lands, the record title to which was in Nelson Fleming; that on that day, influenced thereto by the solicitations and representations of the defendant, plaintiff entered into a contract for the purchase of a portion of such land known as Tract 71, containing 13.31 acres, upon which she made an initial payment of…
1Opinion of the Court
BENSON, J. —
1. There is but one point in the demurrer which possesses any merit, and that is the con*461tention that the statute of limitations has run against plaintiff’s cause of action, and this is the only question which we deem it necessary to consider. In doing so, it may be remarked that in the investigation of this subject we have received no assistance whatever from the brief of either party. It is conceded that Section 8, L. O. L., fixes two years as the time within which actions of this character must be begun, and the complaint discloses that the false representations are charged to…
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