Morton v. Hines
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Reynolds, J., entered September 26, 1919, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing consolidated actions for damages for overflowing lands, tried to the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellants Morton and wife and the appellants Schank and wife brought separate actions against the respondent, Walker D. Hines, as director general of railroads, to recover in damages for injuries to their real property, alleged to have been caused by the wrongful acts of the respondent while in the maintenance and operation of the railroad of *613the Oregon-Washington Bailroad & Navigation Company, of which he was then director. After issue had been joined on the complaints, the causes were consolidated for trial, and a trial entered upon before the court sitting with a jury. At the…
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