Bartel v. Ridgefield Lumber Co.

Plaintiff: seeks damages and injunction. He appeals because the decision below went against him. The points involved cannot be discussed without a finding with reference to the facts.

Ridgefield is a small mill town in the southern part of western Washington. It has a population of but a few hundred. Close by is Lake river, and on its east bank is located the respondent’s sawmill. About three hundred feet to the north of the mill is appellant’s property. It is a farm of some ten or twelve acres, mostly in cultivation, and has a small dwelling where appellant and his family reside. The mill was…