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HUGHES V. DUNDEE MORTGAGE CO., 140 U. S. 98 (1891)
140 U. S. 98U.S. Supreme Court
Hughes v. Dundee Mortgage Co., 140 U.S. 98 (1891)
Hughes v. Dundee Mortgage Company
No. 306
Argued April 14-15, 1891
Decided April 27, 1891
140 U.S. 98
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
Syllabus
By the terms of the appointment of a law agent in this country of a corporation established at Dundee in Scotland, and engaged in lending money upon mortgages of real estate here, he was to
"do all work, and carry through all procedure, and see to the execution and registration and publication of deeds, requisite and necessary for giving and securing to the company valid and effectual first and preferable mortgages over real estate for such loans as the directors at Dundee may from time to time sanction and authorize,"