Legal Opinion
Buyken v. Lewis Construction Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1910No. 8658PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered November 6, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for trespass.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
As stated in the opinion on the former appeal of this case, Buyken v. Lewis Construction Co., 51 Wash. 627, 99 Pac. 1007,
“This was an action in trespass to recover damages for sluicing down and removing earth from a certain lot in the city of Seattle owned by the plaintiffs. The defendant admitted the acts complained of, though not in manner and form as alleged, and pleaded by way of justification that the sluicing was done pursuant to a verbal contract between the plaintiffs and the defendant, which was afterwards reduced to writing and signed by the defendant, though not by the *221plaintiffs.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Buyken v. Lewis Construction Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Eoff v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912