Catching v. Ruby
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Department 1. This is an action for damages. In brief, the plaintiffs’ cause of action, as gleaned from the complaint, is about as follows: Early in the month of May, 1912, the defendant "Watson came to the town of North Bend, Washington, with a Percheron stallion belonging to the defendant A. C. Ruby & Company, for whom he was an agent, employed to negotiate a sale of the horse.
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Department 1. This is an action for damages. In brief, the plaintiffs’ cause of action, as gleaned from the complaint, is about as follows: Early in the month of May, 1912, the defendant "Watson came to the town of North Bend, Washington, with a Percheron stallion belonging to the defendant A. C. Ruby & Company, for whom he was an agent, employed to negotiate a sale of the horse. The price asked for the animal was $3,600, the plan being to organize a company of nine local stock-raisers to buy and keep the animal as a community asset. A sale was…
1Opinion of the CourtBenson, J.
The assignments of error present three questions for our consideration. The first is, that the trial court erred in denying plaintiffs’ motion for a directed verdict. TJpon this proposition it is urged that the uncontradicted evidence establishes plaintiff’s right to a judgment in the full amount demanded in the prayer of the complaint.
1, 2. We have read the evidence with care, and we find that some of the plaintiffs admit that they knew that they were signing a joint and several promissory note, and Watson testifies that the promissory note *510was the first instrument presented to plaintiffs…
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