Legal Opinion
Welch v. Creech
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1915No. 12358PublishedCited by 21 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Sheeks, J., entered February 9, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
The plaintiffs recovered a judgment for damages on account of the killing of Frank Welch by the defendant. The defendant has appealed.
The complaint, after alleging that Frank Welch, at the time of his death, was the husband of Anna Mary Welch, and the father of the minor plaintiffs, alleged, that, on the 3d day of June, 1912, Ella Creech, the wife of the defendant,
“. . . while at her home on the property hereinbefore described, during the night time, at approximately the hour of 11:15 p. m., believing that there was some person prowling about the house, and property of the defendant herein,…
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