State v. Anacortes Veneer, Inc.

57 Wn.2d 886 (1961)

360 P.2d 341

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant,

v.

ANACORTES VENEER, INC., et al., Respondents.[1]

No. 35204.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 27, 1961.

The Attorney General, Hayden H. Hilling, Robert F. Hauth, and Robert J. Hall, Assistants, for appellant.

John Cheney, Livesey, Kingsbury & Livesey, Evans, McLaren, Lane, Powell & Beeks, J. Allan Evans, and Abbott, Lant & Fleeson, for respondents.

FINLEY, C.J.

On August 5, 1952, a fire started on timber land owned by one of the respondents, and spread to timber land owned by two other respondents before it was brought…