interpreting Oregon statute which states that settling party is not entitled to contribution
How later courts described this case
- interpreting Oregon statute which states that settling party is not entitled to contribution
- “ ‘The right to contribution is inchoate from the date of the creation of the relation between the parties, but is not complete, so as to be enforceable, until there has been an actual payment, in whole or in part, of the common obligation, or until something is done equivalent to a discharge thereof.’ ” (Emphases in original.)
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The opinion
*681 LINDE, J.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the judgment of the circuit court is reinstated. Beaver v. Pelett, 299 Or 664 , 705 P2d 1149 (1985).