Multnomah County v. Dant & Russell, Inc.

The defendant alleged in its further and separate answer, in substance, that it is an Oregon corporation engaged in selling lumber for export and shipment to foreign markets and has sold and exported from the Pacific Northwest several years an average of over 250 million board feet annually; that it was defendant’s fixed and regular custom to close a binding contract for the' sale to its foreign purchasers before purchasing the quantities and grades of lumber necessary to fill its orders; that prior to October 26, 1936, defendant entered into a written contract with the purchasing commission…