Kerron v. North Pacific Lumbering & Manufacturing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Wahlcialcum County. Action by North Pacific Lumbering and Manufacturing Company against William Kerron and S. F. Alberts, to recover possession of certain saw-logs. In the spring of 1887, one Kimball was engaged in cutting and putting into one of the streams emptying into the Columbia river saw-logs from timber growing upon the land of the defendant Kerron.
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Appeal from District Court, Wahlcialcum County. Action by North Pacific Lumbering and Manufacturing Company against William Kerron and S. F. Alberts, to recover possession of certain saw-logs. In the spring of 1887, one Kimball was engaged in cutting and putting into one of the streams emptying into the Columbia river saw-logs from timber growing upon the land of the defendant Kerron. At that time plaintiff was furnishing supplies and money to Kimball to carry on such logging operations, in consideration of which Kimball agreed to deliver to plaintiff all saw-logs manufactured by him at an…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hoyt, J.
This action was brought to secure the possession of certain saw-logs, alleged to have been unlawfully detained by the defendants. In its complaint the plaintiff alleged that it was the owner of the logs in question. Defendants denied the ownership, and set up that they were in possession by authority of one J. F. Kimball, who cut and put into the water the logs. Plaintiff, to prove its ownership, put in evidence a bill of sale, made by said Kim-ball, in words and figures as follows, to wit:
“Know all men by these presents: That I, James F.…
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