Tonseth v. Larsen
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a suit by Birger Tonseth against H. Larsen, Mary Larsen, bis wife, P. W. Tborsen and Olara Tborsen, bis wife, for the specific performance of a contract to convey an undivided one-balf interest in lots 5, 6, 7, and 8, in block No. 4, Larsen’s Addition to the City of Portland, Oregon. The trial court rendered a decree in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.
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From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a suit by Birger Tonseth against H. Larsen, Mary Larsen, bis wife, P. W. Tborsen and Olara Tborsen, bis wife, for the specific performance of a contract to convey an undivided one-balf interest in lots 5, 6, 7, and 8, in block No. 4, Larsen’s Addition to the City of Portland, Oregon. The trial court rendered a decree in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals. Plaintiff, Birger Tonseth, a son in law of the Larsens, went into possession of the lots in question as a tenant of the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
After the making of the written contract between Cornelius Tonseth and the Larsens, April 1, 1903, the Tonseth brothers continued in possession of the property and in business as partners. Plaintiff paid the taxes, which amounted on an average to about $30 per year, $15 for one half, and also a sewer assessment of $54.35. He made one annual payment on a street assessment. On January 8, 1912, Mr. Larsen paid the bonded street assessment against one of the lots in the sum of $360.18, no part of which has been repaid or tendered. After the alleged contract, the city widened a street,…
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