Wood v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, 32633
| Decision Date | 09 May 1955 |
| Docket Number | No. 32633,32633 |
| Citation | 283 P.2d 688,45 Wn.2d 601 |
| Court | Washington Supreme Court |
| Parties | William P. WOOD, Respondent, v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Appellant. |
Appeal from Superior Court, King County; Mitchell G. Kalin, Judge.
Skeel, McKelvy, Henke, Evenson & Uhlmann, Altha P. Curry, Seattle, for appellant.
Clark A. Eckart, Woodrow L. Taylor, Seattle, Deah H. Eastman, Roscoe Krier, Seattle, Dean H. Eastman, Roscoe Krier, Seattle, amici curiae.
John H. Kirkwood, Jr. John W. Schumacher, Aberdeen, for respondent.
Upon a rehearing en Banc, a majority of the court adheres to the Departmental opinion heretofore filed herein, and reported in Wash., 277 P.2d 345.
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