Johnson v. Howard

45 Wn.2d 433 (1954)

275 P.2d 736

RICHARD F. JOHNSON et al., Appellants,

v.

TED HOWARD et al., Respondents.[1]

No. 32731.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 22, 1954.

Kennett, McCutcheon & Soderland, for appellants.

Rode, Cook, Watkins & Orth, for respondents.

HAMLEY, J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages in the sum of $81,860.26, alleged to have been sustained in an automobile accident. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $37,092.95. The trial court denied defendants' motion for judgment n.o.v., but granted their alternative motion for a new trial.…