Thienes v. Francis
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: John S. Coke, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action for damages by W. C. Thienes against I. M. Francis for malicious prosecution. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court rendered a judgment of nonsuit. Plaintiff appeals.
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From Lane: John S. Coke, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action for damages by W. C. Thienes against I. M. Francis for malicious prosecution. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court rendered a judgment of nonsuit. Plaintiff appeals. Plaintiff alleges that the defendant maliciously and without probable cause procured an indictment by the grand jury of Lane County, Oregon, on March 5, 1913, charging him with the crime of perjury; that he was thereafter arrested, and on March 19th following was duly tried on said charge and acquitted. He alleges damages in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
It appears from the record that about July 7, 1911, the plaintiff conveyed to defendant a quarter section of land in Douglas County, estimated at the value of $7,500, upon a contract for the conveyance from defendant Francis and wife to plaintiff Thienes and wife of real estate and personal property in Lane County estimated at $21,270. This conveyance was deposited in escrow with the First National Bank, to be delivered to plaintiff upon the payment of the balance, $13,770, and compliance with the other terms of the contract. About the last of June, 1912, plaintiff and defendant had…
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