Cabe v. Halverson

This is an action brought to establish a boundary line and to recover treble damages from an alleged trespasser for cutting and destroying standing timber.

The material facts in this case are not in dispute. Government lots 8 and 9 (each less than 40 acres) in section 24, township 17 north, range 6 west, W. M., Grays Harbor county, correspond in location to a southeast quarter of a northeast quarter and a northeast quarter of a southeast quarter, respectively. The line between these two lots thus corresponds generally to an east-west center line of a section.

In 1922, defendant husband…