MacDonald v. Ogan

Potlatch is a village in Latah county of about 1,500 population. It is unincorporated and unorganized as a municipality. It is known as a “company town.” Appellant, Potlatch Forests, Inc., which we will hereinafter designate as the Company, owns all the land on which the village is situated and, with a very few exceptions, all the buildings. These buildings are leased to the people (most of whom are company employees) for residences and business houses and the like. The company employs watchmen and pays their salaries; and it appears that Ogan, who is a party to this action, had been, for…