Wager v. Odden

The plaintiff in this action filed an amended complaint alleging that, in 1919, as the owner of a contract with the Federal government for the removal of timber on the Port Madison Indian Reservation, he entered into a contract with one Jacob Shold and the defendant Peter Odden for the logging thereof. The contract was also signed by Wager’s partner, (x. E. Tilton, with whom he was associated under the name of the Suquamish Logging Company. Early in 1920, Shold’s interest in, and liability under, the contract was taken over by the defendant Emil Myreboe. In the latter part of 1920, because of…