State Ex Rel. Shook v. Superior Court

This is an original application for a writ of mandate. It appears that Clement J. Shook, as administrator of the estate of Jacob Shook, deceased, commenced an action in the superior court for Whitman county for the recovery of damages for the death of Jacob Shook against Harry I. Hughes, Salem C. Bageant and Robert H. Morrell, doing business as co-partners under the firm name and style of “Bageant and Morrell, Dodge Dealers, copartners”, Isabel Bageant, wife of Salem C. Bageant, and Willene E. Morrell, wife of Robert H. Morrell. It was alleged in the complaint that the death of the decedent…