ROBERTS v. MITCHELL BROS. TRUCK LINES

No. A7704 05325; CA 10789.

602 P.2d 343 (1979)

43 Or.App. 161

Rex ROBERTS, Respondent-Cross-Appellant, v. MITCHELL BROS. TRUCK LINES, an Oregon Corporation, Appellant-Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Warren, Portland, argued the cause for appellant-cross-respondent. With him on the brief was Acker, Underwood, Beers, Smith & Warren, Portland.

Alfred A. Hampson, Portland, argued the cause for respondent-cross-appellant. With him on the brief were Richard V. Bayless, Douglas B. Gordon and Hampson & Bayless, Portland.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LEE, GILLETTE and CAMPBELL, JJ.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

This is a law action for damages for the alleged breach of a bailment contract. The defendant has appealed from the judgment entered on the jury's verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $65,000. We reverse and remand.1

The plaintiff was an experienced dealer in used sawmill equipment. In 1972 he purchased a large volume of that type of equipment in the western states for reshipment to the Philippine Islands. The...

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