BAY CREEK LUMBER AND MFG. CO. v. Cesla

PER CURIAM.(1)

This is an appeal in an action for the conversion of certain rough lumber which the plaintiff respondent, Bay Creek Lumber and Mfg. Co., a corporation, delivered to the defendants appellant, Carl Cesla and Fred Grabrielson, co-partners, doing business as St. Johns Planing Mill, in Portland, Oregon. The deliveries made over a period of approximately six months in 1951 consisted of 199 truck loads and were received by the defendants for the purpose of planing and then returned to plaintiff on demand or sold for plaintiff’s use and benefit.

Acting pursuant to ORS 17.720, the parties…