Legal Opinion

North Pacific Lum. Co. v. Spore

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided March 21, 1904PublishedCited by 10 opinions

From Multnomah: Arthur L. Frazer, Judge. This is an action by the North Pacific Lumber Company to recover from Spore & Robinson and Hansen & Landon the value of certain building material.

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From Multnomah: Arthur L. Frazer, Judge. This is an action by the North Pacific Lumber Company to recover from Spore & Robinson and Hansen & Landon the value of certain building material. It is alleged in the complaint, in effect, that, at all the times mentioned therein, plaintiff was a corporation; that the defendants, Cornelius L. Spore, Henry 0. Robinson, Andrew M. Hansen, and Herman D. Landon, formed partnerships as Spore & Robinson and Hansen & Landon, respectively, and were also partners and jointly interested in the purchase and use of building material; that between August 12, 1901,…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Moore

*4641. It is contended by appellants’ counsel that no testimony was given at the trial tending to prove the existence of a partnership between Spore & Robinson and Hansen & Landon, and, this being so, the court erred in denying their motion for a judgment of nonsuit. A motion for an involuntary judgment of nonsuit admits, as a matter of law, the truth of all the testimony given upon a material issue of the complaint, and also every fair and legitimate inference of fact deducible therefrom, but denies that a consideration thereof authorizes the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff: Brown v.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Hobbs v. McLeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Kearney v. SnodgrassOregon Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Flower v. BarnekoffOregon Supreme Court · 1890
  4. State v. KnightenOregon Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Brown v. Oregon Lumber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1893

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wheatley v. Carl Halvorson, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Ryckman v. ManerudOregon Supreme Court · 1913
  3. First National Bank of Eugene v. WilliamsOregon Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Citizens State Bank v. SkeffingtonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Hewey v. AndrewsOregon Supreme Court · 1916

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