Markwood v. McBroom
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Oswald, J., entered June 27, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in a parent’s action'for the wrongful death of a minor child.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the death of his son, a child five or six years old, caused by the bite of a dog. The action *209is against the receiver of the Washington Motion Picture Corporation, as such receiver. The cause was tried to the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant challenged the sufficiency thereof and moved for a directed verdict. This motion, being overruled, was repeated at the conclusion of all the testimony. After the verdict, a motion for judgment notwithstanding…
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