Wright v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Motion for leave to substitute an administrator as party plaintiff, upon the death of one of the real parties in interest, pending an appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered August 25,1906, granting a new trial to the defendant, in an action for the death of a pedestrian struck by defendant’s train.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
This action was brought in the superior court of Spokane county, by Sarah May Wright and Florence Wright, an adopted daughter, by her guardian ad litem, to recover damages from the railway company, caused by the alleged negligence of the railway company. It was originally tried in Noyember, 1903, plaintiffs recovering a vei’dict upon which judgment was entered. Defendant appealed, and the judgment was reversed and a new trial ordered. The case is entitled Wright v. Northern Pac. R. Co., and is found in 38 Wash. 64, 80 Pac. 197. The cause was again tried on the 4th day of June, 1906, and…
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