Weinman v. Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Steinert, J.—
This is an action for damages to person and property. At the conclusion of plaintiffs’ evidence, the court granted a motion for nonsuit and thereafter entered a judgment of dismissal with prejudice. The plaintiffs have appealed. E. A. Weinman will, for convenience sake, be hereinafter referred to as though he were the only appellant.
There is but one question before us; that is, whether the evidence was sufficient to carry the case beyond the motion for nonsuit.
We begin with a reference to the well-established rule that a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, or a motion…
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