United States v. Burlington Northern, Inc., and John R. Solomon

OPINION

BELLONI, District Judge:

Appellant, the United States, brought this action to recover the costs of suppressing a forest fire which occurred in August, 1967, on land owned by appellee Burlington Northern and upon which appellee Solomon’s logging operations took place. Appellant entered appel-lees’ land to put out the fire under authority of a cooperative agreement with the State of Washington whereby appellant agreed to provide fire fighting services for certain land, including ap-pellees’. In its first two counts, appellant sought recovery under two Washington statutes, Revised Code of…