State v. Hendricks

Citations

• 68 Wash. 670
• 123 P. 1077
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1350

Syllabus

<p>Woods and Forests — Offenses— Prohibited Fires — Statutes — Construction. Under Laws 1911, p. 629, § 8, prohibiting the burning without a permit, during the summer months, of any forest material, defined by § 1 to mean “forest slashing, chopping, woodland or brush land,” one may be convicted of burning “logs and stumps” located in his own dooryard; since a yard in which there are logs and stumps is manifestly located in a forest or slashing or woodland.</p> <p>Same — Statutes—Repeal. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 5287, permitting the burning of logs, stumps, drift and brush heaps in small quantities under personal supervision was repealed by Laws 1911, p. 629, § 8, prohibiting the burning of any forest material without a special permit.</p>