Peters v. Casualty Co. of America
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered March 12, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
J. — This action was commenced by the plaintiff Peters against the defendants, Schwartz and wife and the Casualty Company, seeking recovery of damages claimed to have been suffered by him through the negligence of Schwartz, acting by his agent, in the operation of his automobile for hire in the city of Seattle. The Casualty Company was made a defend*209ant, because it had executed a bond as surety with Schwartz as principal, in pursuance of ch. 57, Laws of 1915, p. 227, Rem. Code, § 5562-37 et seq., relating to motor vehicles as passenger carriers in cities of the first class; so that, in so far…
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