Willis v. Lance
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah: E. D. Shatthck, Judge. This is an action by Willis Brothers against O. H. Lance to recover damages resulting from the alleged wilful and negligent conduct of the defendant.
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Appeal from Multnomah: E. D. Shatthck, Judge. This is an action by Willis Brothers against O. H. Lance to recover damages resulting from the alleged wilful and negligent conduct of the defendant. The facts are that on September fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the plaintiffs were the owners of a quantity of cord wood cut from and remaining on a tract of land that was bounded on the east by the defendant’s land and that of one Mrs. Chase, the latter tract joining the defendant’s premises on the north. On said date a fire swept across Mrs. Chase’s land to the plaintiff’s and burned a…
1Opinion of the Court
*373Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moore.
1. The defendant, having been called as a witness in his own behalf, testified, in substance, that between twelve and one o’clock in the afternoon of the day in question he discovered a fire that had been burning in the timber approaching his premises near the northeast corner, the same being the southeast corner of Mrs. Chase’s land; that the wind was then blowing quite a gale from the northeast, and the fire was driven thereby upon Mrs. Chase’s land near the southeast corner; that he raked away the briers and twigs at his north line to keep the fence from…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Hislop v. MoldenhauerOregon Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by15 opinions
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