Wait v. Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co.
Decision Date | 19 December 1892 |
Citation | 31 P. 661,23 Or. 297 |
Parties | WAIT v. WHEELER & WILSON MANUF'G CO. |
Court | Oregon Supreme Court |
Appeal from circuit court, Marion county; R.P. BOISE, Judge.
Action commenced before a justice of the peace by the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company against T.B. Wait on a note. A judgment sustaining a demurrer to the answer was affirmed by the circuit court, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
The other facts fully appear in the following statement by BEAN J.:
On January 23, 1892, the respondent commenced an action at law in a justice's court against the appellant to recover the sum of $106 and interest on a promissory note executed by appellant on the 20th day of November, 1890. To the complaint, which is in the usual form, the appellant filed the following answer: ...
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