WRIGHT v. CITY OF KENNEWICK

No. 36251.

62 Wn.2d 163 (1963)

381 P.2d 620

W.W. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF KENNEWICK, Respondent, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

May 16, 1963.


ROSELLINI, J.

On December 31, 1959, at approximately 7:50 p.m., an automobile driven by Dennis Wright, the 17-year-old son of the plaintiff, collided with a freight train belonging to the defendant Northern Pacific Railway Company (hereafter referred to as Northern Pacific) at an intersection in the city of Kennewick. The boy was killed, and two young passengers who were riding with him in the front seat were injured slightly.

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