Legal Opinion

Danielson v. Carstens Packing Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 22, 1921No. 16204PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Hurn, J., entered March 11, 1920, granting a new trial, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, is an action for wrongful death.

1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.

This action was instituted by the ad- . ministrator of the estate of Mary Rosalia Wistaka, deceased, to recover damages resulting from a collision on the streets of Spokane. It is alleged that the deceased was riding in a wagon, and that the defendant’s automobile carelessly and negligently collided with the wagon, and as a result thereof Mrs. Wistaka was killed. There was a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of five hundred dollars. Plaintiff made a motion for a new trial on four distinct statutory grounds, as follows: irregularities in the proceedings *517of the trial, misconduct of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Getty v. HuttonWashington Supreme Court · 1920

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Coppo v. Van WieringenWashington Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Corbaley v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Mathisen v. NortonWashington Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Norland v. PetersonWashington Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. CushmanWashington Supreme Court · 1945

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