Moody v. Hurricane Creek Lumber Co.

In this contract action tried to the court, defendant appeals from an adverse judgment contending that plaintiff’s claim was premised on his being a "business chance broker” and therefore, as a matter of law, he was required to allege and prove that he was a licensed real estate broker or salesman. ORS 696.610 to 696.640. Because plaintiff failed to do either, defendant contends that the agreement on which plaintiff’s case rests is void.1 We affirm.

Prior to the agreement involved here, defendant Hurricane Creek Lumber Company2 owned and operated a sawmill business in Joseph, and in mid-1978…