Latourette v. Meldrum
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas: Thomas A. McBride, Judge. Statement Per Curiam. This is an action by A. E. Latourette, “trustee,” against H. H. Johnson, Henry Meldrum, Thomas Charman and J. T. Apperson to recover the amount of a promissory note executed by the defendants to the plaintiff November 29, 1896, for the sum of $2,707, payable in six months, with interest from date until paid at the rate of 10 per cent per annum.
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From Clackamas: Thomas A. McBride, Judge. Statement Per Curiam. This is an action by A. E. Latourette, “trustee,” against H. H. Johnson, Henry Meldrum, Thomas Charman and J. T. Apperson to recover the amount of a promissory note executed by the defendants to the plaintiff November 29, 1896, for the sum of $2,707, payable in six months, with interest from date until paid at the rate of 10 per cent per annum. The complaint is in the usual form, and from a copy of the note set out thérein it appears that the defendants agreed to pay a reasonable sum as attorney’s fees in case action should be…
1Per curiam
The bill of exceptions narrates that the defendant Johnson and one Harold A. Rands entered into a contract with the United States whereby they were to survey public lands in Idaho, and, desiring to secure money to enable them to comply with the terms of their agreement, they on June 30, 1897, executed to C. D. and D. C. Latourette an irrevocable power of attorney, in which it is stated that the instrument was given for money borrowed from them. The contract with the general government was also assigned at the same time to the attorneys in fact by a written instrument, which, omitting the…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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