MILLS v. ORCAS POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 35070.

56 Wn.2d 807 (1960)

355 P.2d 781

HELEN HILYARD MILLS, as Executrix, Appellant, v. ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

September 29, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graves, Kizer & Gaiser and Warren W. Russell, for appellant.

Abrams, McCush & Rinker and Walsh & Margolis, for respondent Orcas Power & Light Company.

Elmon A. Geneste and Livesey, Kingsbury & Livesey, for respondent, Inter Island Telephone Company, Inc.


FOSTER, J.

Appellant, plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment of dismissal following the sustaining of a demurrer to her second amended complaint in an action for wrongful death. Appellant, the executrix of the estate of William George Mills, deceased, sued the Orcas Power and Light Company and the Inter Island Telephone Company for the death of Mills whose plane became entangled in power and telephone lines adjacent to the Orcas island airport. The airport is jointly...

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