DOUGLAS v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY


445 P.2d 590 (1968)

Raymond DOUGLAS and Mary Douglas, Husband and Wife, Appellants and Cross-Respondents, v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, and Ronald Preston, Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided October 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prentiss K. Puckett, Klamath Falls, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellants and cross-respondents.

Cleveland C. Cory, Portland, argued the cause for respondents and cross-appellants. With him on the brief were Clarence R. Wicks and Kenneth D. Stephens, Portland.

Before PERRY, C.J., and SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, DENECKE, HOLMAN and RODMAN, JJ.


GOODWIN, Justice.

Plaintiffs, who were awarded compensatory damages for trespass and both compensatory and punitive damages for conversion, appeal from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict allowing compensatory damages only. The defendants cross-appeal from the judgment for compensatory damages.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, owned and occupied a dwelling house in Klamath Falls. Plaintiff husband, referred to herein as Douglas, operated an Enco service station...

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