Legal Opinion

Bentley v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1918No. 14039Published

Appeal from a judgment of tlie superior court for Walla Walla county, Mills, J., entered July 17, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages.

1Opinion of the Court

On Rehearing.

Holcomb, J.

A rehearing En Banc was granted in this case from the decision heretofore made and reported in 98 Wash. 431, 167 Pac. 1127.

The facts at issue and the legal propositions involved are sufficiently stated in the former prevailing opinion and the dissenting opinion {herein, and no amplification is necessary now. For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, which the majority of the court now adopt as the correct view of the law and of *434the disposition of the case, the former opinion is overruled and the verdict and judgment affirmed.

Ellis, C. J., Webster, Main, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bentley v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917

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