Carlson v. Reservation Ranch

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment upholding the reservation of a timber interest in a deed. Plaintiff assigns error to the trial court’s entry of partial summary judgment for defendant Reservation Ranch (defendant) 1 and to the court’s holding following trial that the reservation was valid. We reverse, because the court improperly granted partial summary judgment.

This case concerns 466 acres of timberland in Douglas County. The uncontroverted facts are that in 1945, Don Witcher acquired the subject property. In 1949, the Witchers, as husband and wife, conveyed it to Umpqua Plywood…