Legal Opinion

McClure v. Campbell

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1906No. 5917PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of tibe superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered April 19, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs in the sum of $2,000 in an action to recover damages for a wrongful eviction.

1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.

— Action for damages for wrongful eviction. Plaintiffs recovered a judgment below. Defendants appeal. The complaint alleges, in substance, that on October 3, 1900, plaintiffs were in the quiet and peaceable possession of *253the second and third floors of a certain building in Seattle, and were using said floors for lodging house purposes; that on said day the defendants, wrongfully and unlawfully and by force, entered said building and expelled plaintiffs therefrom, and commenced to, and did, tear down the partitions and walls of the rooms occupied by plaintiffs, and damaged plaintiffs’…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fillebrown v. HoarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
  2. Moyer v. GordonIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. McCorkle v. MalloryWashington Supreme Court · 1903

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Hunsley v. GiardWashington Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Kloepfel v. BokorWashington Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Kloepfel v. BokorWashington Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Cagle v. Burns and Roe, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Anderson v. Pantages Theatre Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1921

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