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78 Or. 139 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jul 30, 1915
It, is also unnecessary if no price has been named in the contract, or the property has been sold for what it is reasonably worth: 3 Jones Ev., § 429; Hoadly v. McLaine, 10 Bing. 482; Browne, Stat. … Taggart could not, in the nature of affairs, agree to sell the land: Brown, Stat. Frauds, § 353a.
Cited 11 timesPublished164 Or. 676 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1940
Ex parte Biggs, 52 Or. 433 , 97 P. 713 , and State v. Prendergast, 84 Or. 307 , 164 P. 1178 , are relied upon by the accused as authority for tMs contention. … The disbarment of an attorney at law is not a criminal action, but is a proceeding sui generis: State ex rel. v. Arnold, 145 Or. 634, 639 , 28 P. (2d) 846 .
Cited 5 timesPublished130 Or. 206 · Oregon Supreme Court · Apr 12, 1929
Merely because the child may be given a better home and may be surrounded with more culture and wealth *209 does not justify a court in depriving a father of the love of his own child: Mead v. … Brown, J., absent.
Cited 6 timesPublishedState Housing Council v. City of Lake Oswego
291 Or. 878 · Oregon Supreme Court · Nov 3, 1981
See Springfield Education Ass’n. v. School Dist., 290 Or 217 , 621 P2d 547 (1980), McPherson v. Employment Div., 285 Or 541, 591 P2d 1381 (1979). The petition for review is dismissed. … See Meeker v. Bd. of Comm’rs of Clatsop Cty., 287 Or 665 , 601 P2d 804 (1979) (subdivision), Petersen v. Klamath Falls, 279 Or 249 , 566 P2d 1193 (1977) *883 (annexation).
Cited 14 timesPublished57 Or. 34 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jul 26, 1910
In Henrichsen v. … This case was followed and applied in Trickey v. Clark, 50 Or. 516, 519 ( 93 Pac. 457 ) ; Freeman v. Trummer, 50 Or. 287 ( 91 Pac. 1077 ), and Patty v.
Cited 9 timesPublishedGrand Prize Hydraulic Mines v. Boswell
83 Or. 1 · Oregon Supreme Court · Sep 7, 1915
In Bloch v. … In Clark v.
Cited 8 timesPublished168 Or. 171 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1942
Co., 141 Or. 1 , 16 P. (2d) 27 ; Walters et al. v. Dock Commission, 126 Or. 487 , 266 P. 634 , 270 P. 778 ; Saylor v. Enterprise Electric Co., supra. As stated in Fitzgerald v. O.-W. R. & N. … In a general sense, an employee is one who renders service for another for wages or salary: Shields v. W. R. Grace & Co., 91 Or. 187 , 179 P. 265 ; Helliwell v. Sweitzer, 278 Ill. 248 , 115 N. E. 810 .
Cited 3 timesPublished117 Or. 566 · Oregon Supreme Court · Apr 6, 1926
Co. v. Ochoco Irr. Dist., supra, and Springfield etc. Co. v. … That this decision is not in conflict with anything said in Less v. Butte, supra, and McGavrock v. Omaha, supra, will be seen by an examination of those decisions.
Cited 16 timesPublished14 Or. 254 · Oregon Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1886
Multnomah County, 2 Or. 34 , to Pruden v. … (Simon v. Portland Common Council, 9 Or. 437 ; Worcester and Nashua R. R. Co. v. R. R. Commis., 118 Mass. 561 ; Crawford v. Township Board, 22 Mich. 405 .
Cited 2 timesPublishedStrowbridge v. City of Chiloquin
130 Or. 444 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jul 30, 1929
An unverified answer and a willing judge who was then a candidate for reelection made the combination, and it was easy to secure a violation of the principle laid down by Judge Bean in Packwood v. … Brown, J., did not participate in this opinion.
Cited 1 timesPublished31 Or. 321 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jul 31, 1897
v. … E. 319 ); Kister v. Lebanon Mutual Insurance Company, 128 Pa. St. 553 *327 (5 L. R. A. 646, 15 Am. St. Rep. 696 , 18 Atl. 447 ); Dwelling House Insurance Company v. Gould (Pa. Sup.), 19 Atl. 793 ; Weiss v.
Cited 9 timesPublished102 Or. 47 · Oregon Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1921
As said in Jensen v. Wiersma, 185 Iowa, 551 ( 170 N. W. 780 , 4 A. L. R. 298): “A partnership is a separate and distinct entity and holds the partnership property in trust for the payment of its debts. … Bean, Brown and McCourt, JJ., concur.
Cited 13 timesPublishedEmerald Peoples Utility District v. Energy Facility Siting Council
321 Or. 562 · Oregon Supreme Court · Sep 19, 1995
Forelaws on Board v. Energy Fac. Siting Council, 303 Or 541, 543 , 738 P2d 973 (1987). This court’s original jurisdiction over certain decisions by the Energy Facility Siting Council is purely statutory. … See PGE v. Bureau of Labor and Industries, 317 Or 606, 610-11 , 859 P2d 1143 (1993) (setting forth methodology). We first turn to the text of the statutory provision as the best evidence of legislative intent.
Cited 1 timesPublished115 Or. 306 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1925
In Manley v. Smith, 88 Or. 176, 190 ( 171 Pac. 897, 901 ), this court, after referring to the case of Powers v. … Brown v. Feldwert (syl.), 46 Or. 363 ( 80 Pac. 414 ). *315 To the same effect is Foster v. University Lumber Co., 65 Or. 46 ( 131 Pac. 736 ).
Cited 2 timesPublished125 Or. 251 · Oregon Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1928
E. 233 ); Townsley v. Yellow Cab Co., 145 Tenn. 91 ( 237 S. W. 58 ); Dervin v. Frenier & Carmody, 91 Vt. 398 ( 100 Atl. 760 ); Silberstein v. Showell, Fryer & Co., 267 Pa. … J., and Bean and Brown, JJ., concur.
Cited 9 timesPublishedThe 88% STORES, INC. v. Martinez
227 Or. 147 · Oregon Supreme Court · May 10, 1961
Standard Unbreakable Watch Crystals, 283 N Y 1, 27 NE2d 212, 216 (1940); Comment, The Extension of Trademark Protection to NonCompetitive Relationships, 44 Illinois L Rev 182, 197 (1949); Brown, Advertising and The Public … The advertising function of trade names is carefully examined in Brown, Advertising and the Public Interest: Legal Protection of Trade Symbols, 57 Yale L J 1165 (1948).
Cited 17 timesPublishedSchwenk v. Boy Scouts of America
275 Or. 327 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1976
See, Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 , 74 S Ct 686 , 98 L Ed 873 , 38 ALR2d 1180 (1954) (public school) and Watson v. … In Thompson v. IDS Life Ins.
Cited 22 timesPublished288 Or. 27 · Oregon Supreme Court · Nov 6, 1979
The referee and the Workers’ Compensation Board upon review affirmed the denial. … In Beaudry v.
Declined to follow by Hester v. State, Public Employees' Retirement Board, 1991 Alas. LEXIS 105 (1991)Cited 97 timesPublishedWilbur v. Home Lumber & Coal Co.
131 Or. 180 · Oregon Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1929
This court applied the doctrine in Francisco v. Circle Tours Sightseeing Co., 125 Or. 80 ( 265 P. 801 ); Coblentz v. Jaloff, 115 Or. 656 ( 239 P. 825 ); Richardson v. … Brown (Cal.), 267 P. 754 , the great weight of authority is to the contrary: Berry on Automobiles (6 Ed.), § 249. See cases in notes to 5 A. L. R. 1240 and 12 A. L. R. 668.
Cited 9 timesPublishedPortland Fire Fighters Ass'n v. City of Portland
305 Or. 275 · Oregon Supreme Court · Mar 15, 1988
The Employment Relations Board (ERB) concluded that the limit was not an “employment relation” and, on judicial review, the Court of Appeals affirmed. Portland Firefighters Assoc. v. … See also City of Roseburg v.
Cited 8 timesPublished
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