Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Myers-Parr Mill Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Reid, J., entered February 3, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for trespass.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by the Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, against Myers-Parr Mill Company, a corporation, to recover damages for standing timber alleged to have been cut and removed from plaintiff’s right of way. The defendant purchased from owners of adjoining lands certain timber standing thereon, and now contends that it in good faith believed it then acquired title to the timber in dispute. The plaintiff claims title to a right of way four hundred feet wide, located two hundred feet on either side of the center line of its railway track. The trial court found title in the plaintiff,…
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