BENGSTON v. NESHEIM

No. 15822.

259 F.2d 566 (1958)

O. H. BENGSTON, Administrator of the Estate of Phinice Van Pelt, deceased, Appellant, v. Andrew NESHEIM, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Keough, Michael J. Cafferty, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Hullin & Ehrlichman, John A. Roberts, Jr., Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before HEALY, FEE, and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The admitted facts of the case essential to a determination of the appeal are these:

On January 17, 1955, Phinice Van Pelt, a resident of Oregon, was drowned in a river in that state. Approximately two years and three weeks after Van Pelt's decease the appellant, as administrator of his estate, commenced this action in the...

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