Herrick v. Barzee
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah; William N. Gatens, Judge. In Banc. This is an action to recover $380 for services of plaintiff, as an attorney for the defendant, in prosecuting a claim of the defendant against the United States for $1,900 before Congress and its committees, and securing an act of Congress reimbursing defendant in such sum for the loss of land in the “overlap” in Sherman County, Oregon.
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From Multnomah; William N. Gatens, Judge. In Banc. This is an action to recover $380 for services of plaintiff, as an attorney for the defendant, in prosecuting a claim of the defendant against the United States for $1,900 before Congress and its committees, and securing an act of Congress reimbursing defendant in such sum for the loss of land in the “overlap” in Sherman County, Oregon. Plaintiff alleges that he entered into a contract with the defendant in 1907, or 1908, to secure an appropriation to reimburse the defendant for the loss of his land, and that he was to receive 20 per cent of…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
The defendant contends that the contract in question is a lobbying contract and therefore void. The testimony tended to show the following facts: On May 9, 1896, defendant made a timber and stone entry at The Dalles, Oregon, land office on the S. i/2, SW. %, Sec. 21, Tp. 1 N., R. 17 E., W. M., in Sherman County, Oregon. The land office records disclosed that the land was subject to entry. The defendant took possession of the tract and made improvements thereon reasonably worth $1,900. Subsequently it was discovered that said land, having been granted to The Dalles Military Road, was not…
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