BLOOMQUIST v. BUFFELEN MFG. CO.

No. 33286.

47 Wn.2d 828 (1955)

289 P.2d 1041

AXEL BLOOMQUIST et al., Appellants, v. BUFFELEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

November 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMullen, Snider & McMullen, for appellants.

R. DeWitt Jones, Neal, Bonneville & Hughes, and Dale W. Read, for respondents.


MALLERY, J.

This is an action to recover for the damage to plaintiffs' timberlands caused by the defendants' negligent setting of slash fires, which spread to plaintiffs' lands.

The jury returned a verdict for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.

The respondents interposed the defenses that (1) the fire did not originate on their lands, and (2) they were not negligent.

There was no direct evidence of the origin of the fire that damaged appellants...

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