Legal Opinion
Broughton Lumber Co. v. BNSF Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 2012No. 85905-1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*623Fairhurst, J.
¶1 This case1 requires us to construe former RCW 64.12.030 (Code of 1881, § 602), the “timber trespass statute.” Birchler v. Castello Land Co., 133 Wn.2d 106, 114, 942 P.2d 968 (1997). Plaintiff Broughton Lumber Company asserted a timber trespass claim against defendants BNSF Railway Company and Harsco Corporation in the United States District Court, District of Oregon, Portland Division, after a fire spread from BNSF’s property and destroyed Broughton’s trees. The district court certified to us the following question:
Can a plaintiff recover damages under [former] RCW 64.12.030…
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