Greenwood v. Puget Mill Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the superior court dismissing an action for want of prosecution. On December 17, 1904, the appellant, while in the employ of the respondent, sustained a personal injury which he claimed was due to the negligence of the respondent. On October 2, 1908, he brought an action, by his guardian ad litem, to recover for the injury. In the complaint it was alleged that the appellant would be twenty years of age on the 13th day of November, 1908. The steps in the action prior to April 30, 1909, when the appel*465lant demurred to the affirmative defense…