Legal Opinion

Nethery v. Nelson

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1909No. 7392PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered October 28, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for trespass.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.

— This action was instituted to recover treble damages for cutting and removing timber from a tract of timber land in Chehalis county. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $974.19, and found specially that the trespass was not casual or involuntary, and that the defendants did not have probable cause to believe that the land upon which the trespass was committed was their own. The court entered a judgment on this verdict for treble damages, and from the judgment so entered, the present appeal is prosecuted. Error is assigned in the admission of testimony, in the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kellerher v. PorterWashington Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Grays Harbor County v. Bay City Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Harold v. ToomeyWashington Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Ross v. NortonWashington Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Shaw v. SjobergCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1973

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