State Highway Commission Ex Rel. Pantovich Construction Co. v. Brassfield

Defendant general contractors appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff subcontractor for $3,720.15 awarded by the trial court sitting without a jury in an action to recover an alleged balance due under a highway paving contract. The plaintiff is a corporation. The named defendants include parties interested in the defendant M. J. Brassfield’s business, but in this opinion we will refer to the parties simply as plaintiff and defendants.

The first assignment of error charges the trial court with failure to comply with ORS 17.430:

“* * * Findings of court; request for; service; filing;…