Wright v. Beardsley
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered June 25, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for damages.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The respondents brought this action to recover damages against appellants for the improper burial of a deceased child. They recovered a verdict and judgment for $2,510. From this judgment the defendants appealed.
The complaint alleged,, in substance, that the plaintiffs were husband and wife; that the defendant's were copartners doing business as undertakers in the city of Aberdeen; that on December 12, 1905, plaintiffs lost their infant child, and contracted with defendants to bury the body in a decent, respectable manner, according to the usual customs and usage in performing burials; that…
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