GOLDEN GATE ETC. v. VELSICOL CH'M. CORP.

No. 37411.

66 Wn.2d 469 (1965)

403 P.2d 351

GOLDEN GATE HOP RANCH, INC., Respondent, v. VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

June 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helsell, Paul, Fetterman, Todd & Hokanson, Paul Fetterman, and William A. Helsell, for appellant.

Alan A. McDonald (of Halverson, Applegate, McDonald & Weeks), for respondent.


ROSELLINI, C.J.

The respondent, owner of a large hop ranch in Yakima County, Washington, obtained a jury verdict in the trial court for $215,027.26, in its suit brought against the manufacturer of a chemical called "heptachlor" for damage to its hop yards and lands, which the jury found was occasioned by the negligence of an agent of the appellant who recommended that the chemical be used on the hops.

The appellant's first contention is that its motion to...

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