State Ex Rel. Merritt v. Superior Court

These cases, while not consolidated, arise out of the same state of facts and were both submitted upon the same briefs and arguments.

It appears that, on the evening of November 5, 1927, an automobile belonging to the relators Merritt and driven by Mrs. Merritt, came into collision, at the intersection of Stone Way and 51st street in the city of Seattle, with a car driven by one Walter G. Attwell. Conceiving that the fault lay with Attwell, the Merritts instituted an action in the superior court for King county against Attwell and wife to recover for personal injuries to Mrs. Merritt and the…