NOPSON v. WOCKNER

No. 31925.

40 Wn.2d 645 (1952)

245 P.2d 1022

I.O. NOPSON, Appellant, v. EUGENE R. WOCKNER et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

June 19, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knapp & Powers, for appellant.

Pomeroy, Yothers, Luckerath & Harris, for respondents.


OLSON, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether or not the trial court correctly applied the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.

Plaintiff's action was based upon allegations that defendants negligently caused his automobile to be damaged by fire while it was in their exclusive possession.

The trial court found that plaintiff delivered his automobile to the defendants for a two-thousand-mile service, and to have the rear floor mat cemented to the floor...

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