Smith v. Moore Mill & Lumber Co.

Appellant brought this action upon an' assigned claim of the Pyf e-Wilson Lumber Company to recover damages for the alleged conversion of certain logging equipment located in the state of Oregon. Judgment of nonsuit was entered and the appeal is taken therefrom.

The respondent Moore Mill and Lumber Company is an Oregon corporation and the Fyfe-Wilson Lumber Company is incorporated under the laws of California. Some time prior to September, 1922, the latter company delivered to respondent in Coos County, Oregon, the logging equipment in question for the purpose of enabling respondent to get out…