Legal Opinion

McKinney v. Port Townsend & Puget Sound Railway Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1916No. 12940PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Jefferson county, Ralston, J., entered January 4, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for wrongful death.

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

Action by the widow and minor children of James R. McKinney, deceased, for damages for his death as the result of a collision which took place on the afternoon of July 3, 1914, between an automobile driven by the deceased and a train operated by the defendant Port Townsend & Puget Sound Railway Company, upon a railroad which that company had leased from the defendant Port Townsend Southern Railroad Company. The place of the accident was at Junction Crossing, where the highway from Blynn to Port Townsend crosses the railroad track. The railway, from a *389point between four and five hundred feet…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Mosso v. E. H. Stanton Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Hillebrant v. ManzWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Hunter v. Montana Central Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Wilson v. Puget Sound Electric RailwayWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Woole v. Washington Railway & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Davis v. BoggsArizona Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Hendrickson v. Union Pacific RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Cox v. Polson Logging Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Haaga v. Saginaw Logging Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Kirby v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1923

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