COATS v. LEE & EASTES, INC.

No. 33602.

51 Wn.2d 542 (1958)

320 P.2d 292

BONNIE M. COATS et al., Appellants, v. LEE & EASTES, INC., et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tonkoff, Holst & Hopp, Robert I. Bounds, and Elwood Hutcheson, for appellants.

Kern, Dano & Cone, for respondents.


SCHWELLENBACH, J.

This is a personal injury action. The jury rendered verdicts for both of the defendants on their cross-complaints. A motion for new trial based on all statutory grounds was denied. This appeal is limited to one issue, the alleged employment of a private investigator to shadow one of the jurors during the trial.

The appeal comes to us on a short record. The trial court certified the following points relied upon by appellants:

"I. Employment...

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