Matson v. Kennecott Mines Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from orders of the superior court for King county, Jurey, J., entered June 2, 1917, dismissing an action for personal injuries and denying a new trial, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the Court
On Rehearing.
Tolman, J.
— This case was heretofore decided by departmental decision, which will be found in 101 Wash. 12, 171 Pac. 1040, and to which reference is made for a statement of the facts. Upon a rehearing En Banc, a majority of the court is of the opinion that *500the former decision cannot stand, for the reasons which will hereinafter appear.
Four different attempts were made to serve the summons on the Kennecott Mines Company by the delivery thereof to four different persons thought to be its agents. By its motions to quash, the respondent challenged the sufficiency of the service upon…
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