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BARNUM v. STATE

No. 39232.

72 Wn.2d 928 (1967)

435 P.2d 678

ROBERT T. BARNUM, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

December 28, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schroeter, Talbot & Smith, by Chas. H.W. Talbot, for appellant.

The Attorney General, Charles F. Murphy, James H. Dailey, and Richard A. Mattsen, Assistants, for respondents.

HUNTER, J.

This appeal arises from an action instituted by the plaintiff (appellant), an inmate of the Washington State Penitentiary, against the state of Washington, the Director of the Department of Institutions, the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, and Jesse Merril, defendants (respondents), for personal injuries sustained in an assault committed upon the plaintiff by Merril, a fellow inmate.

The plaintiff alleges...

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