Legal Opinion
Hoglund v. Omak Wood Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 30, 1996No. 14654-5-IIIPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, C.J.
We are asked here to decide whether the term "timber” is ambiguous. Reading the contract as a whole, we conclude that it is not. McKillop v. Crown Zellerbach, Inc., 46 Wn. App. 870, 873, 733 P.2d 559, review denied, 108 Wn.2d 1015 (1987).
FACTS
On March 14, 1945, Fred and Verona Lampkin deeded perpetual timber rights to the Biles-Coleman Lumber Company (the Lampkin Deed). On March 2, 1956, Theodore and Marguerite Eberle also deeded timber rights to the Biles-Coleman Lumber Company (the Eberle Deed). Both deeds contain similar language: grantors "convey and warrant to BILES-COLEMAN LUMBER…
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