Legal Opinion
Ventoza v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 27, 1976No. 2585-1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallow, J.
This is a timber trespass case brought under RCW 64.12.030. The applicable words of the statute are:
Whenever any person shall cut down, girdle or otherwise injure, or carry off any tree, timber or shrub on the land of another person, . . . without lawful authority, in an action by such person . . . against the person committing such trespasses . . ., if judgment be given for the plaintiff, it shall be given for treble the amount of damages claimed or assessed therefor, as the case may be.
The plaintiffs, Manuel and LaVerne Ventoza, his wife, owners of the real property trespassed upon, brought…
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