J & J Lumber Co. v. Oregon Fir Lumber Co.

WARNER, A.C.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for general and punitive damages arising out of an alleged conversion by the defendants of lumber belonging to the plaintiff.

The plaintiff J & J Lumber Company and the defendant Oregon Fir Lumber Company are Oregon corporations. At the time of the alleged conversion plaintiff was engaged in operating a sawmill near defendant’s planing mill in Clackamas county, Oregon. They are hereinafter respectively referred to as the “J & J Co.” and the “Oregon Co.” The defendant William Wallace Smith was president of the Oregon Co. and at the time of the…