Grays Harbor Boom Co. v. Lytle Logging & Mercantile Co.

Citations

• 38 Wash. 88
• 80 P. 271
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1122

Syllabus

<p>Trial—Verdict—Certainty—Loss and Logging—Action to Recover Boomage Charges. In an action to recover boomage charges, a verdict for 35 cents per thousand for tide water logs and 50 cents for fresh water logs, without specifying the amount or ascertaining the quantity of logs boomed above tide water, is void for uncertainty, and it is error to enter judgment thereon by computing the quantity of logs from the allegations of the complaint, which were denied, there being nothing in the testimony or record from which the quantity could be ascertained.</p>