City of Seattle v. Pacific States Lumber Co.

The city of Seattle, plaintiff, sued the Pacific States Lumber Company, a corporation, alleging that defendant is wrongfully removing timber from lands owned by plaintiff; that plaintiff has been damaged thereby in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars; that the conduct of defendant in its logging operations constitutes a public and private nuisance, which is continuously recurring. Plaintiff prayed for judgment for its damages in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars; that said damages be trebled in accordance with Bern. Comp. Stat., § 939; and for a decree of court ejecting defendant…