Ruby v. West Coast Lumber Co.

The trade acceptances in question were issued for the logs ordered by A. C. Ruby and his partner George Finley and the West Coast Lumber Company, which was a corporation organized on March 22, 1930. A brief history of the transactions, necessary for an understanding of the case, is about as follows: Plaintiff A. C. Ruby and his partner George Finley were interested in a sawmill at Coquille. They did business under the name of the West Coast Lumber Company. Prior to the incorporation of that company defendant David D. Hall was their manager, and after the incorporation, until he was succeeded…