Sound Timber Co. v. Danaher Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Alston, J., entered February 17, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for damages to property destroyed hy fire.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
The Sound Timber Company brought this action against the Danaher Lumber Company to recover damages for destruction of property hy a forest fire alleged to have been started by sparks permitted to escape, hy the negligence of defendant, from its logging locomotive on August 24,1917. It is alleged *316the fire thus negligently started originated on lands being logged by the defendant, and from there was communicated to the plaintiff’s adjoining lands. Upon a verdict in favor of defendant and the denial of a motion for a new trial, a judgment of dismissal of the cause of action was entered, from…
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