Puget Sound Harbor No. 16 of the American Ass'n of Masters & Pilots of Steam Vessels v. Aetna Accident & Liability Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Webster, J., entered October 18, 1916, dismissing an action upon a bond, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellants in this action sued the respondents upon an injunction bond, to recover for a liability incurred for the services of an attorney who was employed to defend an action in which the issuance of an injunction was a part of the relief sought. At the trial, the court submitted the issues to a jury, which returned a verdict in the appellants’ favor. Thereafter the court sustained a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and dis*414missed the action. This appeal is from the judgment of dismissal.
The pertinent facts are these: The respondent American Association of Masters, Mates…
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