Ellefsen v. Wilt

36 Wn.2d 56 (1950)

217 P.2d 318

GEORGE E. ELLEFSEN et al., Appellants,

v.

SINCLAIR B. WILT et al., Respondents.[1]

No. 31218.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc..

March 30, 1950.

Ray R. Greenwood and Neil J. Hoff, for appellants.

Elliott & Lee, for respondents.

HILL, J.

A five-year-old child dashed onto a highway in front of a rapidly moving automobile. The motorist applied his brakes and swerved, but the child was hit and killed. The legal speed limit at that time and place was fifty miles an hour.

The parents brought this action for damages, alleging negligence in that the motorist was traveling…