Douglas Construction Corp. v. Mazama Timber Products, Inc.

This is an action by a road construction contractor against a logging operator for damages for breach of an oral contract under which plaintiff was engaged by defendant to remove rock from two quarries and to load, haul, spread and compress the rock on a timber access road, at a specified rate per cubic yard of rock “in place.” As damages resulting from the improper termination of that contract, plaintiff seeks to recover profits which it claims that it would have made if permitted to complete performance of the contract.

Defendant appeals from a verdict and judgment of $6,000, contending that…