Larkins v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.

Plaintiffs in-this action, James and Mary Larkins, husband and wife, with their large family of children, moved from Duluth, Minnesota, to Tacoma, during the year 1946. For approximately twenty years prior to this time, Mr. Larkins had been in the employ of a railroad, and, as a side line, had bought and sold scrap metal.

The defendant, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, a corporation, has for many years been engaged in the logging *712and lumber business in the state of Washington, its principal place of business being in Tacoma'. The corporation conducts extensive operations in and around Ohop…