Otness v. Oregon Livestock Cooperative

This cause is before us upon two appeals from a decree which the circuit court entered in two suits which were consolidated for the purposes of trial. The suits involved the claims of various creditors of the Oregon Livestock Cooperative against its assets. The Cooperative is an entity which was created under the provisions of ORS 62.010 through 62.990.

In one of the suits, Erick Otness, a building contractor, sued (1) to recover judgment against the Oregon Livestock Cooperative in the sums of $7,933.95 for labor and material, $750 for the services of his attorney, and smaller amounts for…