Topping v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Humphries, J., entered November 15, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiif, in an action for the wrongful death of a passenger on a railroad train.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiif through his guardian ad litem to recover damages on account of the death of his father. The father, Edward W. Topping, was a young man thirty years of age. He was killed while a passenger on one of the trains of the Great Northern Railway Company which was wrecked by an avalanche at Wellington, in this state, on March 1, 1910.
The cause of action was based upon the following paragraph of the amended complaint:
“That on to wit the 1st day of March 1910, Edward W. Topping was a passenger for hire on one of defendant’s trains, between the cities of Spokane,…
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