Tigner v. Zosel

Defendant, William Zosel, owns and operates a sawmill at Oroville, Washington, a few miles south of the boundary line between the United States and Canada. He owned or controlled the timber on what is known as the Porter tract on the Cana dian side. In April, 1929, he entered into an oral contract with the plaintiff, Elmer H. Tigner, to cnt timber on the tract and deliver the logs at the sawmill. Tigner partly performed the contract, and in May, 1930, brought this action in damages for breach of the contract by Zosel. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant…