WHITE v. HOLM

No. 39267.

73 Wn.2d 348 (1968)

438 P.2d 581

ETTA A. WHITE, Respondent, v. RICHARD B. HOLM et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

March 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynch & Lynch and John S. Lynch, for appellants.

Torbenson, Thatcher, Stevenson & Burns and Larrie E. Elhart, for respondent.


HAMILTON, J.

Defendants appeal from an order denying their motion to vacate a default judgment claimed against them by plaintiff. We reverse the order and remand the cause for trial on the merits. The pertinent facts are these:

At approximately 11 a.m., on August 31, 1965, plaintiff, Etta A. White, an elderly woman, was walking east on the sidewalk adjoining Fourth Avenue, in downtown Olympia, Washington. At the same time defendant Richard B. Holm was leaving...

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