Wheeler Lumber, Bridge & Supply Co. v. Shelton

It appears from the record that Sim F. Etzel was engaged in cutting rough fir lumber at a mill which he was operating some seven'miles from the town of Lyons in Linn county, Oregon. On November 10, 1930, the Coast Pir & Cedar Products Company, a corporation, then engaged in buying and selling lumber in Portland, Oregon, placed its orders with Etzel for the cutting to dimensions of approximately 750,000 feet B. M. of No. 1 common fir bridge planking; Etzel then began cutting on these orders. As the lumber was cut and put in piles and tallied by Etzel, pursuant to the directions of Coast Pir &…