Ruble Forest Products, Inc. v. Lancer Mobile Homes of Oregon, Inc.

This is an action to recover an unpaid balance of $2,500 allegedly due for the purchase of 11 truckloads of lumber by defendant from plaintiff.

Defendant alleged, as an affirmative defense, that some of the lumber was defective and that in compromise and settlement of a disputed claim plaintiff issued to defendant a credit of $2,500. Plaintiff, in reply, denied that the lumber was defective and alleged that defendant had given no proper notice of any claimed defects and that there was no bona fide dispute, but that the indebtedness was undisputed and liquidated; that there was no consideration…