Chappell v. Puget Sound Reduction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mount, J.

This action was brought for the value of 1,000 cords of wood, alleged to have been wrongfully taken from plaintiff’s land by one Thomas Diffley, and by Diffley shipped to Everett and sold to the defendant. Plaintiff claims the value of the wood at Everett, which is $2.32-| per cord, while defendant maintains, as the lower court held, that plaintiff was entitled to the value of the timber standing on the premises, which is ten cents per cord. The undisputed facts in the case are as follows: On June 24, 1897, Stephen Parr and wife were the…