Whitley v. Spokane & Inland Railway Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for Kootenai County. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. Action for damages for wrongful death. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. A death claim statute such as that of Idaho gives but one cause of action and authorizes but one recovery. (Hartigan v. So. Pac. Co., 86 Cal. 142, 42 Pac. 851; Biggs v. N. P. N. Co., 60 Wash. 292, 111 Pac. 162; Fritz v. Western Union Tel. Co., 25 Utah, 263, 71 Pac. 209; Louisville etc.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for Kootenai County. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. Action for damages for wrongful death. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. A death claim statute such as that of Idaho gives but one cause of action and authorizes but one recovery. (Hartigan v. So. Pac. Co., 86 Cal. 142, 42 Pac. 851; Biggs v. N. P. N. Co., 60 Wash. 292, 111 Pac. 162; Fritz v. Western Union Tel. Co., 25 Utah, 263, 71 Pac. 209; Louisville etc. Co. v. Sanders, 86 Ky. 259, 5 S. W.' 563; Peers v. Nevada Power etc. Water Co., 119 Fed. 400; Beard v. Sheldon, 113 111.…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
— This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment awarding the respondent, Elizabeth Whitley, the sum of $5,500 damages on account of the death of her son, A. P. Whitley.
The facts which it is necessary for the court to consider in determining the validity of this judgment are novel and unusual. The respondent is a citizen and resident of the state of Texas. The appellant is a Washington corporation, with its principal place of business at Spokane, and owns an electric railway which it operates between Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
On July 31, 1909, A. P. Whitley, a son of respondent and a…
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