Johnson v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered October 28, 1904, dismissing an action for damages for wrongful death, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
The plaintiffs in this action are, respectively, the surviving husband and minor son of Mattie Johnson, deceased. They jointly brought this action to iccover damages on account of the death of said Mattie Johnson. They allege that death resulted from injuries received by her in a street railway accident, in Seattle, while she was a pasf senger upon one of the defendant’s cars. In addition to *212general damages, the plaintiffs allege that they have incurred great expense in and about the funeral and burial of the deceased, and that they have been damaged thereby.
The defendant demurred to the…
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