Legal Opinion

Holtz v. Olds

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1917Published

From Multnomah: Thomas J. Oleeton, Judge. This is an action hy Max Holtz and Aaron Holtz against William P. Olds, Hardy 0. Wortman and Charles W. King. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appealed. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. Mentioned in this litigation is a corporation called Olds, Wortman & King. For convenience it will be styled the corporation.

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From Multnomah: Thomas J. Oleeton, Judge. This is an action hy Max Holtz and Aaron Holtz against William P. Olds, Hardy 0. Wortman and Charles W. King. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appealed. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. Mentioned in this litigation is a corporation called Olds, Wortman & King. For convenience it will be styled the corporation. The individual defendants are William P. Olds, Hardy C. Wortman and Charles W. King who will be spoken of either as the defendants or by their individual surnames. The dispute between the parties arises out of a contract…

1Opinion

Denied June 19, 1917.

On Petition for Rehearing.

(164 Pae. 1184.)

Petition for rehearing. Rehearing denied.

Messrs. Reed & Bell, Mr. Charles W. Fulton and Mr. T. M. Dye, for the petition.

Messrs. Beach, Simon & Nelson, contra.

*580Department 1.

2Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris

The original opinion awarded the plaintiffs a judgment for $20,000 without interest. The plaintiffs insist that they are entitled to interest on $20,000 from July 15,1911.

The defendants honestly and in good faith denied and litigated the right of plaintiffs to recover; and therefore if the rule announced in Baker County v. Huntington, 48 Or. 593, 603 (87 Pac.…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Graham v. MerchantOregon Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Sargent v. American Bank & Trust Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Todd v. BettingenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  4. Baker County v. HuntingtonOregon Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Andrews v. . BrewsterNew York Court of Appeals · 1891

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