Swenland v. Gregory
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment, of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered April 26, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtHovey, J.
— Respondent recovered judgment against appellant in the sum of $3,667, upon a cause of action arising from the alleged negligent killing of the minor child of respondent by appellant’s automobile.
The accident happened- at Parkland, on the road to Mount Rainier, within the limits fixed by law for a maximum speed of twelve miles per hour in front of a public school. The roadway is paved sixteen feet wide, and has shoulders of about four feet on either side. Albert Swenland, a boy seven years of age, was walking with two other boys on the highway, and the evidence seems clear that he was struck…
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