Wagner v. Rainier Manufacturing Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff after a jury trial in an action to recover damages for breach of contract.

The principal question, and the only one that needs to be decided, arises out of the court’s denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict based upon the ground that the contract sued upon was never entered into by the parties.

The plaintiff, H. J. Wagner, is a contract logger. The defendant, Rainier Manufacturing 'Co., is an Oregon corporation engaged in the timber business.

The complaint alleges, in substance, that on or about November 5, 1959, the plaintiff…