State v. Vinther

— This action was brought by the state of Washington to recover from the defendant Vinther an amount equal to the liability imposed upon the accident fund of the state under the workmen’s compensation act for the death of Valentine J. McNaught Davis. The complaint alleged that Vinther, by the negligent operation of an automobile on the streets of the city of Spokane, caused the death of Davis, then engaged in an extrahazardous employment; that Davis left surviving him a widow and two minor children; that the widow, for herself and children, elected to take the benefits provided by the…