Criez v. Sunset Motor Co.

This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained as the result of an automobile collision. The cause was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor, of the plaintiff and against the defendants in the sum of $5,833. On motion for a new trial, the amount of the verdict was reduced to $4,183, and from a judgment thereon, the defendants have appealed.

It appears that, on June 18, 1920, after a regular hearing in the superior court for Pierce county, re- • spondent was adjudged to be insane, being afflicted with what physicians describe as manic depressive psychosis,…