Crawford v. Hutchinson
Oregon Supreme Court
From-Union: Robert Eakin, Judge. Tliis is an action by Thos. H. Crawford against Hutchinson Brothers upon an account stated. The facts are that some time prior to' December 14, 1899, the plaintiff, a practicing attorney at Union, had been retained and employed in his professional capacity by the defendants, who reside in the same town.
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From-Union: Robert Eakin, Judge. Tliis is an action by Thos. H. Crawford against Hutchinson Brothers upon an account stated. The facts are that some time prior to' December 14, 1899, the plaintiff, a practicing attorney at Union, had been retained and employed in his professional capacity by the defendants, who reside in the same town. On the date mentioned he made out and forwarded to them by mail the following statement of his account: “Union, Oregon, December 14, 1899. “Hutchinson Bros., to T. H. Crawford. To attorney fee foreclosure suit H. Bros. v. Shelton, Phy, et al. .…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean
1. We have had occasion in several instances to consider the question of an account stated, and the doctrine of our decisions is that an account rendered and delivered to the debtor, exhibiting the creditor’s demand, becomes an account stated, unless objected to within a reasonable time, and that what constitutes a reasonable time is a question of law for the court when the facts are admitted, or are clear and undisputed: Truman v. Owens, 17 Or. 523 (21 Pac. 665); Holmes v. Page, 19 Or. 232 (23 Pac. 961); Fleischner v. Kubli, 20 Or. 328 (25 Pac. 1086); Howell v. Johnsson, 38 Or. - (64 Pac.…
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