Far West Landscaping, Inc. v. Pacific Cascade Corp.

In the interest of preserving the consistency and stability of the law, courts must sometimes reach a result which in a particular case seems manifestly unfair. The facts of this case indicate that counsel for the defendants took every reasonable precaution to insure that her clients’ statutory right to appeal would not be surrendered by default. She telephoned the trial judge to inquire if he had signed the judgment order and was told, incorrectly, that he had not done so. She asked the judge to refrain from signing the order until she returned from a trial in Wallowa County, and he agreed…