Warm River Lumber Co. v. Rightenour

HOLDEN, Justice.

Appellant was a mill operator for about thirty-five years, and owned certain mill machinery and equipment for the manufacture of lumber and other forest products, located at West Yellowstone, Montana, worth approximately $7,000 and having a rental value of $3,000 per annum.

Randall C. Howe was manager, secretary-treasurer, and principal owner of the Howe Lumber Company engaged in the lumber business at Ashton, Idaho, and personally owned a millsite at the junction of Warm River and Snake River in Fremont county, Idaho.

Sometime in the first part of July, 1943, Howe and appellant…