Owen v. Jones
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGtnn, Judge. Statement by Mr, Justice Bean. This is a suit in equity by Edith (Dwell against Minerva A. Jones and C. M. Jones, her husband, to rescind a contract whereby certain real property owned by plaintiff was, on the ninth day of April, 1912, deeded to defendant Minerva A. Jones in exchange for a certain lease of an apartment house at 927 Union Avenue, Portland, Oregon, for the term of five years, from September 1, 1911, together with the…
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From Multnomah: Henry E. McGtnn, Judge. Statement by Mr, Justice Bean. This is a suit in equity by Edith (Dwell against Minerva A. Jones and C. M. Jones, her husband, to rescind a contract whereby certain real property owned by plaintiff was, on the ninth day of April, 1912, deeded to defendant Minerva A. Jones in exchange for a certain lease of an apartment house at 927 Union Avenue, Portland, Oregon, for the term of five years, from September 1, 1911, together with the furniture therein. From a decree in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal. The plaintiff alleged in her complaint that she…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
The evidence shows, and the trial conrt found, in effect, that the material allegations of the complaint were, in substance, sustained by the evidence, and that O. J. Brooks was not the agent of plaintiff as alleged in defendants’ answer, but was the agent of defendant Minerva A. Jones, whom she agreed to pay $100 as commission; that defendant largely through her agent represented to plaintiff and gave figures showing that the income of the apartment house and the expenses were such that the plaintiff could make a payment of $40 per month upon the mortgage given by plaintiff to defendant…
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