Muncie v. Westcraft Corp.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident between a car, in which the plantiff, a Washington resident, was riding as a passenger, and a pickup truck owned by the defendant Westcraft Corporation of California (here inafter called Westcraft) and driven by the defendant Hill, who was an employee of Westcraft and a California resident.

This action was commenced two years and five months after the accident. In attempting to comply with the Washington Motor Vehicle Act, the plaintiffs, on April. 7, 1959, served summons on the Secretary of State,…