Tacoma Mill Co. v. Perry

Appellant, the Tacoma Mill Company, instituted this action in the superior court of Thurston county, to recover treble damages in the total sum of $1,462.50, under the provisions of Bal. Code, §§ 5656, 5657, for a wilful trespass alleged to have been committed by respondent, A. P. Perry, early in 1901, in entering upon a portion of section 13, township 16, north, range 1, west, land belonging to appellant, and without lawful authority cutting and removing timber therefrom. ' [Respondent in his answer denied the alleged trespass, admitted having cut timber of the value of $109.02, and alleged…