Harold v. Toomey
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, French, J., entered May 18, 1915, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action of trespass, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Respondents claimed damages from appellant in the sum of $500 trebled, under the provisions of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 939, for wilful trespass upon their land and the malicious cutting and injuring of a number of their trees and shrubs thereon. The. damages shown by their testimony ranged from $400 to $1,000. The court, sitting without a jury, found that the entry by appellant upon respondents’ land was wilful, that he committed the acts of cutting and injuring the trees and shrubs complained of, and that the damage done was $300, which he trebled and awarded judgment therefor.
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