Legal Opinion

Dillabough v. Okanogan County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 27, 1919No. 14898PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Okanogan county, Neal, J., entered June 18,1917, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries, sustained through a defect in a county road, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

The respondent, while a passenger in an automobile which was being driven over a public highway of the appellant county, received an injury, and brought this action against the county to recover in damages therefor. After issue joined, the action was tried by the court, sitting without a jury, and resulted in the entry of a judgment in the respondent’s favor in the sum of $1,653. From the judgment so entered, the county appeals.

The facts necessary to an understanding of the questions involved, as we gather them from the evidence, are in substance these: The highway on which the injury…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rohrer v. SnyderWashington Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Beach v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Degginger v. MartinWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Wiltse v. Town on TildenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Bowman v. WebsterWashington Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Alires v. Southern Pacific CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Warning v. WarningWashington Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Argus v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Comstock v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1935

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