Agri-Link Corp. v. Schmitz

This is a suit to enjoin arbitration proceedings under ORS 607.304 to determine the amount of “costs” payable to defendants for the “taking up” and “keeping” of plaintiff’s cattle, which had strayed upon defendants’ land, and for damages allegedly caused by such cattle. Plaintiff appeals from an order dismissing its second amended complaint after the court had sustained a demurrer and plaintiff had declined to file a further amended complaint.

An examination of the record in this case reveals almost incredible confusion, for which the trial court and counsel must both share responsibility. As…