Emery v. Littlejohn
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered October 23, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff seeks recovery of damages from the defendants for personal injuries which he claims resulted to him from the negligence of the defendants in failing to properly restrain and care for one O. W. Pence, an insane person. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendants have appealed.
On June 7, 1912, O. W. Pence was adjudged insane by the superior court for Pierce county, and committed to the Western Washington hospital for the insane. The appellant Dr. A. P. Calhoun was then the superintendent of the hospital.…
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