Galbraith v. Wheeler-Osgood Co.

In this action the respondents, Galbraith, recovered against the appellant, Wheeler-Osgood Company, for the value of certain standing timber which was destroyed by fire.

The facts giving rise to the controversy are in substance these: The respondents own an 80-acre tract of land situated in Whatcom county. The appellant *230owns land abutting upon the east and south thereof. Prior to the year 1916, the lands were covered with timber. In that year the appellant caused its lands to be logged by the George Moore Logging Company. The logging company'left the land covered with inflammable debris,…