McCoy v. Courtney

This is the second appeal in this case. The original decision is reported in McCoy v. Courtney, 25 Wn. (2d) 956, 172 P. (2d) 596.

During the first trial, the superior court had dismissed the case on the ground that there was insufficient evidence to take the case to the jury. This court reversed the superior court and remanded the case for a new trial. At the end of the second trial, the jury returned the verdict in favor of defendants. Because the facts in the two cases are almost identical, we shall not attempt to,make a statement of the evidence here but refer to the original appeal for the…