Sorenson v. Kribs
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Department No. 2. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This is an action by Mrs. N. Y. Sorenson, as the assignee of her husband, George Sorenson, a real estate broker, against F. A. Kribs, to recover damages.
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Department No. 2. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This is an action by Mrs. N. Y. Sorenson, as the assignee of her husband, George Sorenson, a real estate broker, against F. A. Kribs, to recover damages. The material facts are that C. A. Smith, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the equitable owner of 7,480 acres of timber land in Douglas County, Oregon, and employed the defendant, a real estate broker, of Portland, in this state, to negotiate a sale of the real property. In order to procure a purchaser, Kribs appointed Sorenson, who on September…
1Opinion of the Court
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Mr. Chief Justice Moore;
1. Preliminary to a consideration of the errors assigned, it should be said that this action is founded upon the legal principle, established in this state, that when an agent represents he is empowered to make a particular contract on behalf of his principal and no such authority has been bestowed, the party to whom the statements were made by relying thereon and complying with the terms of the supposed agreement so concluded, can maintain an action ex contractu against the agent, on the implied warranty, to recover the damages thus sustained: Cochran v.…
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- Cochran v. BakerOregon Supreme Court · 1899
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