Shaw v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered April 21, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
William Shaw was killed in a collision between an automobile in which he was riding *233and a passenger train operated by the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, a corporation. Celia Elizabeth Shaw, the Surviving wife of William Shaw, instituted this suit to recover damages. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant, upon which a judgment of dismissal was entered after denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
In her appeal we are not furnished with any statement of facts or hill of exceptions certified to by the trial judge. Appellant asks us to review certain…
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