Collins v. Hazel Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J.,' entered June 17, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for the death of a traveler upon a defective highway.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The plaintiffs recovered a judgment in the court below on account of the death of Alfonzo Collins, husband of the plaintiff Lucy Collins, and father of the two minors named. The defendant appeals from that judgment.
It appears that in the month of August, 1907, the servants of appellant cut down two large trees. These trees were felled across a county highway leading from Darrington to Arlington, in Snohomish county. Thereupon the appellant caused a road to be constructed around these trees. This road was constructed upon private property not belonging either to the appellant or to Snohomish…
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