WILSON ET UX. v. Kruse

Plaintiffs sued for treble damages for waste alleged to have been committed and permitted by defendant. The jury awarded $500, compensatory damages, whereupon the trial court, pursuant to § 8-405, OCLA, awarded treble damages.

The facts are that plaintiffs leased to defendant certain premises in Multnomah county, Oregon, for a period of five years, beginning January 1, 1945, and ending December 31,1949. It appears that theretofore, and beginning with the year 1941, there was in existence a lease between the parties covering the same premises.

The evidence discloses that the premises, when…