Hewitt v. Hewitt

The question presented is more factual than legal: Did the plaintiffs establish a cause of action? The trial court answered in the negative and entered an order of dismissal. The plaintiffs appeal.

The principal litigants are brothers, John and Henry Hewitt. We shall refer to them by their first names, and as though they were the only parties.

The name Hewitt has long been a familiar one in Tacoma. The father of John and Henry organized the Hewitt Land *728Company; The two brothers succeeded him in the ownership and management of it. The depression of the 1930’s reduced them from affluence to…