Janssen

This action was instituted by appellant against the appellees to recover damages on an injunction bond executed by X. E. Hall as principal and the appellees as sureties in a suit brought by Hall and others against appellant and others in the circuit court of the state of Oregon for Wheeler county. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the amended complaint of appellant and entered a judgment dismissing the aetion. To review the record of this judgment, appellant brings the case here.

*609 The pertinent facts as disclosed by the amended complaint and its supporting exhibits are these: In November, 1928, appellant and ITall made an exchange of properties whereby appellant conveyed to Hall several ranches and valuable personal property in the states of Washington and Montana, in consideration of which Hall conveyed to appellant a ranch in Wheeler county, Or., together with certain valuable personal property, including 360 head of cattle. In January, 1929, Hall commenced an aetion at law against appellant in the superior court of the state of Washington for Yakima county to recover damages for fraud alleged to have been perpetrated upon him in the exchange transaction. Appellant…