Bratt v. Poole
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Card, J., entered March 30, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages and for the rental of a donkey engine.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
In January, 1916, appellant leased to respondent Poole and one Powell a donkey engine for use in logging operations. The lease was in writing, duly signed, the term was seven months, and the lessees were bound to accept the engine “in present condition,” to pay a rental of $75 per month in advance, and to return the engine, within ten days after the termination of the lease, to any place designated by *566lessor within fifty miles of the city of Tacoma “in as good order and condition as the same is now, or may be put into (reasonable use and wear thereof excepted).” It is admitted that, after the…
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