Welever v. Advance Shingle Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Snohomish county, Denney, J., entered January 9, 1903, granting defendants’ motion for a new trial, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $600 damages for cutting timber.
1Opinion of the Court
Hadley, J. —
Appellants brought this action to recover damages from respondent for alleged wrongful cutting of timber upon appellants’ lands, and for the value thereof. Respondent answered, setting up facts under which it claims to have been the owner of the timber, with license to remove it from) the land. A trial was had before a jury, *332and a verdict was returned in favor of appellants for the sum of $600. Respondent moved for a new trial and the same was granted on the ground, as stated in the court’s order, that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict, and that it is against…
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