Bakke v. Columbia Valley Lumber Co.

This is an action to recover the alleged contract price for the use of a private logging road which crosses the property of the respondents in Whatcom county.

In 1948, the appellants, who were jointly engaged in logging operations in Whatcom county, secured from the Ler-vick Logging Company (hereinafter referred to as Lervick) an assignment of an easement across the respondents’ property, which had been granted to Lervick by the respondent husband in an instrument which he signed, but which was not signed by his wife. The instrument, which was prepared by attorneys representing Lervick and was…