In Re Waldrep's Estate

49 Wn.2d 711 (1957)

306 P.2d 213

In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN M. WALDREP, Deceased.

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Appellant,

v.

GERALDINE B. GORTER, as Administratrix, Respondent.[1]

No. 33630.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

January 28, 1957.

Karr, Tuttle & Campbell, Carl G. Koch, and Coleman P. Hall, for appellant.

John W. Riley, for respondent.

FOSTER, J.

The deceased was a passenger on a Northwest Airlines plane which crashed in British Columbia on a flight originating in Japan destined for the McChord air force base in Pierce county, Washington. The deceased was a resident of…