McKillop v. Crown Zellerbach, Inc.

This appeal involves the construction of a perpetual timber deed.

Fred Lampkin owned timberland in Okanogan County. In 1945 he conveyed a portion of that land to Mr. Nelson. The deed of conveyance contained the following reservation:

This conveyance is also given subject to a reservation to the grantors herein and to their . . . assigns, of all of the timber of all species upon all of the land hereinabove described, together with the perpetual rights to remove the same at such times as said grantors and their successors in interest desire to do so; the grantee herein having the right, however,…