Yoshida v. Watson , 316 Or. App. 104 ( 2021 )

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Argued and submitted November 4, affirmed December 1, 2021
Junki YOSHIDA,
an individual,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Samuel WATSON,
an individual;
Greensky Collective, LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company;
Luna Verde, LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company; and
Jeffrey’s Flower & Oil, LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company,
Defendants-Respondents.
Multnomah County Circuit Court
18CV09136; A173162
500 P3d 772
Kathleen M. Dailey, Judge.
Keith A. Pitt argued the cause for appellant. Also on the
brief was Slinde Nelson.
No appearance for respondents.
Before Lagesen, Presiding Judge, and James, Judge, and
Kamins, Judge.
PER CURIAM
Affirmed.
Cite as 316 Or App 104 (2021) 105
PER CURIAM
Plaintiff appeals a trial court order that denied
defendants’ motion under ORS 18.235 to enter satisfac-
tion of judgment. Despite having prevailed below, plaintiff
takes issue with some of the trial court’s stated reasoning
for denying the motion to enter satisfaction of judgment. We
affirm. Plaintiff does not assert that the trial court erred in
denying defendant’s motion, which is the sole ruling that the
court made in the order on review, apart from its directive to
defendants “to use their best efforts” to transfer ownership
of certain collateral to plaintiff. As for the court’s reasoning,
as a general matter, our review is of rulings, not reasoning.
Simonsen v. Ford Motor Co., 196 Or App 460, 465 n 7, 102
P3d 710 (2004), rev den, 338 Or 681 (2005). If a ruling was
not impaired by any erroneous reasoning, then the fact that
the reasoning may or may not have been erroneous in some
way does not provide a basis for reversing a trial court’s
decision. Contrary to plaintiff’s characterization of the trial
court’s ruling on appeal, we do not view the trial court as
having, in effect, declared the parties’ rights and obligations
under the stipulated judgment. We understand the court to
have determined simply that defendants were not entitled to
have a satisfaction of judgment entered with respect to the
stipulated judgment, a ruling that has not been challenged
in this appeal.
Affirmed.