WHITLOCK v. HOGREFE


565 P.2d 1092 (1977)

278 Or. 739

Violet Elaine WHITLOCK, Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen Josephine Hogrefe, Appellant, v. Ralph HOGREFE, Sr., Defendant, and Fall River Manufacturing, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, Dba Douglas Fir Lumber Company, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided June 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard E. Speer, P.C., Eugene, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Jack B. Lively, Lively & Wiswall, Springfield, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.


LINDE, Justice.

Plaintiff, as personal representative of the estate of her mother, Helen Hogrefe, sued Ralph Hogrefe, Sr., and Fall River Manufacturing, Inc., doing business as Douglas Fir Lumber Company, for damages from the conversion of logs removed by Ralph Hogrefe from land belonging to the estate and sold by him to the company. The company pleaded defenses of equitable estoppel and actual or apparent authority on the part of Ralph Hogrefe. Hogrefe himself made...

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