Box v. Kelso

*361The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, C. J.

The respondents brought this action against the appellants to recover damages for the loss of certain standing cedar trees, and the timber in certain shingle bolts, on an eighty acre tract of land described in the complaint, which property they alleged was, on September 5, 1890, destroyed by fire by reason of the negligence and carelessness of the appellants.

It appears from the evidence that one Dodge had contracted with the respondents to convert the timber on the land described in the complaint into shingle bolts and deliver the same to…