Hertzog v. Star Logging Co.

Citations

• 73 Wash. 197
• 131 P. 806
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1576

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Preservation oe Grounds — Objections to Evidence. Error cannot be assigned upon refusing to strike an answer as not responsive to the question, where the only objection made was a motion to strike the answer without assignment of any reason, the answer being competent evidence.</p> <p>Witnesses — Competency — Values — Market Value. A witness, testifying as to the value of his own timber, may state what it was selling for in the market at the time in question, although he admitted lack of definite knowledge as to the market value of timber.</p> <p>Trespass — Damages—Evidence—Sufficiency. There is sufficient evidence of the value of timber cut to sustain a verdict for $145, where plaintiff’s evidence that the amount cut at the market value exceeded that sum and that it was worth at least $145 was not contradicted.</p> <p>Same. A verdict for $30 damages to land by the cutting of timber is sustained by evidence that it would cost $75 to $100 to remove the brush and debris left upon the land by defendant.</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Verdict. A verdict sustained by competent evidence will not be disturbed because of conflicting testimony.</p>