Lytle Logging & Mercantile Co. v. Humptulips Driving Co.

Citations

• 60 Wash. 559
• 111 P. 774
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1097

Syllabus

<p>Trespass — Treble Damages — When Allowed — Statutes. Upon trespass for cutting and carrying away timber, and for altering the course of a river, Rem. & Bal. Code, § 939, allows treble damages only for the cutting and removal of the timber.</p> <p>Same — Cutting Timbee — Lawful Authority — Appeal — Review Verdict — Evidence—Sufficiency. Under Rem. & Bat Code, §§ 939, 940, giving treble damages for cutting or carrying off trees or timber without lawful authority, unless the trespass was casual or involuntary, a verdict for single damages, upon an unsupported finding that the trespass was casual or involuntary, will not be disturbed on appeal, where the evidence showed that the cutting was authorized by the plaintiff’s superintendent who requested an accurate account of all timber cut; since it warranted a finding that it was not cut without lawful authority.</p> <p>Corporations — Torts—Officers—Liability. Where the president and general manager of a corporation directs a trespass to be committed, both are jointly and severally liable for the torts of the latter.</p>