Wood & Iverson, Inc. v. Northwest Lumber Co.

This is an action for damages suffered from a fire set upon the land of respondent on September 30, 1923, to burn tops and other debris left after logging operations. The fire traversed some two miles of respondent’s logging works, crossed some in tervening green timber, and went into appellant’s logging works, where the damage was done.

Appellant based its claim of liability. on the part of respondent on three grounds:(1) That the fire was set at a dangerous time, namely, after a summer when the logging debris.had become thoroughly dry and inflammable, and while it still remained in that…