Moss v. West Tacoma Newsprint Co.

Plaintiff Ronald R. Moss appeals from a dismissal of his suit to foreclose a logger’s lien against defendant West Tacoma Newsprint Company and his alternative cause of action to enforce contractual provisions as a third-party beneficiary. The major question presented by this appeal concerns the applicability of the logger’s lien statute, RCW 60.24.020, to the claim of a logging subcontractor against the purchaser of timber from the United State Government.

The dispute involves the payment of money owed by George R. Zion, doing business as Dougherty and Zion Logging Company, to plaintiff,…