Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Western Savings & Loan Co.

McALLISTER, j.

This action involves the right to a pledged savings account. The court, after a trial without a jury, found for plaintiff and defendant appeals.

Defendant’s only assignment of error is incorrectly stated, but we will consider that it challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding in favor of plaintiff. Since this is a law action we can reverse only if we find that the evidence required the trial court to find in favor of defendant as a matter of law. State ex rel Salem Pac. v. Combo Constr., 254 Or 69, 458 P2d 410 (1969).

Although we decide the case on a narrow…