McCurdy v. Union Pacific Railroad

68 Wn.2d 457 (1966)

413 P.2d 617

WELLS B. McCURDY, Respondent,

v.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Appellants, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Defendants.[*]

No. 37788.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

April 21, 1966.

Skeel, McKelvy, Henke, Evenson & Uhlmann, by Frederick V. Betts and James M. Lindsey, Jr., Dean H. Eastman and Robert J. Allerdice, for appellants.

Hullin, Ehrlichman, Carroll & Roberts, for respondent.

COCHRAN, J.[†]

In November of 1959, respondent read a newspaper article about a private railroad car named the "Spokane." Respondent…