Case Name: McLEAN, Appellant, v. RANKIN, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1979-07-02
Citations: 41 Or. App. 3
Docket Number: No. A7708-12132, CA 12596
Parties: McLEAN, Appellant, v. RANKIN, Respondent.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Lee and Roberts, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 41
Pages: 3–5

Head Matter:
Argued June 18,
affirmed July 2,
reconsideration denied August 14,
petition for review denied September 5, 1979
McLEAN, Appellant, v. RANKIN, Respondent.
(No. [ AXXXX-XXXXX ], CA 12596)
596 P2d 1329
Argued and submitted June 18, 1979.
D. Richard Hammersley, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant. With him on the brief was Des Connall, P.C., Portland.
Paul Duden, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Edwin J. Peterson, and Tooze, Kerr, Peterson, Marshall & Shenker, Portland.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Lee and Roberts, Judges.
SCHWAB, C. J.

Opinion:
SCHWAB, C.J.
Plaintiff brought an action against defendant, an attorney, alleging that he was negligent in his representation of plaintiff with respect to the incorporation of plaintiff's business. Defendant moved for a summary judgment on the basis that plaintiff's claim was barred by the statute of limitations. Plaintiff appeals from an order granting the motion and entering judgment for defendant. We affirm.
It is agreed that the two-year statute of limitations applies and that the plaintiff filed his complaint on August 26, 1977. Plaintiff testified by deposition that by March of 1975 the damage caused by the defendant's alleged negligence was largely done, that he was aware of the damage at that time, and that by July of 1975 he knew that the defendant did not propose to go ahead with the incorporation of plaintiff's business.
The trial court correctly resolved the issue. Davis v. Bostick, 282 Or 667, 580 P2d 544 (1978); U S. Nat'l Bank v. Davies, 274 Or 663, 548 P2d 966 (1976); Frohs v. Greene, 253 Or 1, 452 P2d 564 (1969).
Affirmed.