Arishin v. King County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered October 20, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
— This appeal is from a judgment entered upon a verdict returned hy a jury in favor of the respondent and against the appellant in the sum of $1,-*177000, as damages for the wrongful death of the respondent’s minor child.
On March 21, 1917, one Con Buchet, then a deputy sheriff of King county, whose duty it was to repair, care for and drive the automobiles belonging to King county and furnished by it for the use of the sheriff, was asked by another deputy, then about to go to the county jail for a prisoner, to get into the automobile used by him as such deputy and ascertain what, if anything,…
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