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3 Or. 138

McCall v. Elliott

Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon

Decided November 15, 1869

Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon · decided 1869-11-15

The plaintiff sues for the value of work and labor done by him, as civil engineer. The answer is to the effect that the work was done for the Oregon and California K. It. Co., andnotfor the defendant; and that the plaintiff agreed to do the labor for such instructions in the art as should be imparted to him in the course of the work. The replication denies the allegations of the answer; and the cause was tried by jury.

Decided 1869-11-15

Upton, J.

¶1instructed the jury that the burden of proof was on the defendant to show that he contracted as agent for others in employing the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff had notice of such agency; and that the plaintiff was entitled *139to a verdict, unless the proof either showed such agency and sucb knowledge on tbe part of the plaintiff of the defendant’s being agent, or established the making of the special contract as to the mode of compensation, which is set forth in the answer.

¶2The plaintiff had a verdict.

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