Legal Opinion

Hoyle v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 1919No. 15062PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered July 19, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for wrongful death, • after a trial on the merits.

1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.

This action grows out of the same state of facts as the case of Miller v. Northern Pac. R. Co., ante p. 645, 178 Pac. 808. In this court, the death of Dolly Hoyle has been suggested and permission has been given for the substitution, as party plaintiff and appellant, of Gr. E. Peterson, who has been appointed by the superior court of Pierce county as special administrator of the estate of Wallace Hoyle, deceased. Appellant’s decedent met his death at the same time and under the same circumstances as the decedent in the Miller case, and a restatement of the facts here is considered…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bradley v. Missouri Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  2. Bauer v. TougawWashington Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Sadler v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Haaga v. Saginaw Logging Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Haaga v. Saginaw Logging Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1931

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