Cook v. Clallam County

The above causes have been duly consolidated for appeal and are before us on an agreed statement of facts. The material portions thereof may be epitomized as follows:

On August 10, 1944, Lulu Mabel Cook and Lucy Theiler were killed while driving an automobile across a Clallam county bridge, and, in due course, Bert E. Cook qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Cook, and Edmund J. Theiler qualified as executor of the estate of Mrs. Theiler.

On September 20, 1944, Cook and Theiler each presented to the commissioners of Clallam county a claim for damages, based upon Rem. Rev. Stat., §…