Steel Products Co. of Oregon, Inc. v. Portland General Electric Co.

Plaintiff brought this suit to foreclose a mechanics’ lien for steel furnished by plaintiff for use in the construction of structures at Portland General Electric’s (PGE) electrical generating plant at Boardman, Oregon. PGE had contracted with Westmont Industries to build the plant; Westmont, in turn, contracted with Rodgers Structural Steel to fabricate certain steel structures; and plaintiff furnished the steel to Rodgers. Plaintiff named all these other contracting parties as defendants.

The defendants demurred to plaintiffs complaint on the ground that it failed to state a cause of suit.…