McHugh v. King County

This action was instituted by plaintiffs to secure a judgment against defendants for damages to a gas shovel caused by the action of defendants. The complaint charges that April 20, 1936, plaintiff Frank McHugh was the owner of a one and one-half yard Koehring gas shovel; that at that time the shovel was in the rightful possession of plaintiff L. J. Dowell who, with the consent of the owner, rented it to defendants; that by the terms of the lease agreement the shovel together with a shovel operator was let to defendants for a consideration of $6.40 per hour; that it was agreed that at the…