Tronsrud v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.

Citations

• 91 Wash. 660
• 158 P. 348
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1112

Syllabus

<p>Trespass — Upon Trees — Treble Damages. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 939, allowing treble damages for wilful or wanton trespass upon trees “without lawful authority,” and single damages if the act is “casual or involuntary,” treble damages cannot be recovered for injuring ornamental trees which defendants were authorized to trim beyond menace to defendant’s wires, although the authority was exceeded.</p> <p>Trespass — Damages—Measure. The measure of damages for injuring ornamental trees is the diminished value of the land and not the diminished value of the trees.</p>