Staiger v. Holman

When a judgment is rendered against a party, his payment of the sum awarded will not preclude him from maintaining an appeal, unless it satisfactorily appears to the court that the payment was not coerced and was made with a view of settlement : Eilers Piano House v. Pick, 58 Or. 54 (113 P. 54). This ruling following the holding in Edwards v. Perkins, 7 Or. 149, where it was held that a party voluntarily paying a judgment rendered against him is not thereby precluded from prosecuting an appeal therefrom. The reason assigned for the determination there reached was based upon the fact that…