Moran v. Lewis

Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit contesting defendants’ right to log certain property. The trial court enjoined the defendants from logging on the property pending the determination of the lawsuit.

ORS 32.020 requires an undertaking to be filed when an injunction is issued during the pendency of a lawsuit. The trial court did not require an undertaking. The defendants appeal contending the injunction order is void as no undertaking was required. Plaintiffs moved to dismiss contending the injunction order was not an appealable order.

Ordinarily, an order for an injunction pending the determination of…