Randles v. Nickum & Kelly Sand & Gravel Co.

The plaintiffs recovered a judgment based on the verdict of a jury in an action for damages, both general and special, arising out of the conversion of a stock of lumber. The defendant has appealed, and assigns as error rulings of the trial court admitting evidence respecting loss of anticipated profits and submitting to the jury the question of the right of the plaintiffs to recover damages on account thereof.

The plaintiffs were engaged in the business of manufacturing finished lumber at Vancouver, Washington, and of building houses in Portland, Oregon. About May 1,1939, they rented space in…