Lewis & Dryden Printing Co. v. Reeves
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Marion: Geo. H. Burnett, Judge. This is an action brought by the Lewis & Dryden Printing Company against Sophia Reeves in the Justice’s Court for the District of Salem, to recover the amount due upon a promissory note alleged to have been executed and delivered by the defendant to it.
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Appeal from Marion: Geo. H. Burnett, Judge. This is an action brought by the Lewis & Dryden Printing Company against Sophia Reeves in the Justice’s Court for the District of Salem, to recover the amount due upon a promissory note alleged to have been executed and delivered by the defendant to it. Issues having been joined, a trial was had resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant attempted to appeal by serving a notice thereof upon John A. Carson, Esq., the attorney who prosecuted said action for the plaintiff. She also filed an undertaking on appeal, which was…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moore.
The only question here presented is whether, upon an appeal from a judgment rendered in a justice’s court, the notice thereof is effectual when served upon the person who acted as attorney in prosecuting or defending the action for the adverse party. The statute in relation to the manner of taking an appeal from a judgment given in a justice’s court, provides that “an appeal is taken by serving a notice thereof on the adverse party, and filing the original, with the proof of service indorsed thereon, with the justice, and by giving the undertaking for the costs of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Odell v. GotfreyOregon Supreme Court · 1886
- Butler v. SmithOregon Supreme Court · 1890
- Lindley v. WallisOregon Supreme Court · 1867
- Rees v. ReesOregon Supreme Court · 1879
- Carr v. HurdMultnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon · 1869
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3Cited by4 opinions
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