McDonald v. American Mortgage Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for the county of Multnomah, entered upon the confirmation of the report of a referee.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for the county of Multnomah, entered upon the confirmation of the report of a referee. The appellant commenced an action against the respondent in the said circuit court, to recover a claim for work, labor, and services alleged to have been performed by the law firm of McDougall & Bower, as attornejTs, between the second day of Februar}q 1882, and the first day of September, 1887, for the respondent, upon its retainer, and for money paid and agreed to be paid by said firm in the prosecution of the respondent’s business, at its request, which claim…
1Opinion of the CourtThaver, C. J.
The main issue in this case in the' circuit court was whether the performance of the services and expenditure of the money by the law firm of McDougall & Bower, as alleged in the complaint, were done aud made in pursuance of a direct employment of said firm by the respondent, or were done and made under an arrangement entered into between said firm and the corporation known as the Oregon and Washington Mortgage Savings Bank of Oregon as a part compliance with a contract between the latter and the respondent.
If the respondent contracted with the Mortgage Savings Bank, as alleged in its answer,…
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