Gum v. Wooge

This is an appeal by the three defendants from a judgment in the sum of $20,000 which the circuit court entered in favor of the plaintiff, Stewart Gum, administrator of the estate of Gordon Ritchey Byerly, deceased. The judgment, which was based upon the verdict of a jury, was awarded for the benefit of the deceased’s widow and minor children. Two of the defendants, E. T. Cone and Yerna M. Cone, were partners engaged in business under the firm name of Cone Logging Company. The third defendant, G. W. Wooge, was their employee. The deceased, Gordon Ritchey Byerly, was engaged in the logging…