Washington Supreme Court, 1939

139 opinions

Manley Knutzen, Respondent, v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Appellant. 1939-05-04
The State of Washington, on the Relation of The Model Water & Light Company, Appellant, v. The Department of Public Service et al., Respondents 1939-05-04
Thomas E. Smith, Respondent, v. Eldridge Motors, Inc., Appellant; A. E. Wheeler, Respondent, v. Eldridge Motors, Inc., Appellant 1939-05-04
Robert O. Reeder, Appellant, v. C. G. Crewes et al., Respondents 1939-05-05
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Jesse A. Knabb, Appellant 1939-05-05
The State of Washington, on the Relation of Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, Plaintiff, v. Cliff Yelle, as State Auditor, Respondent 1939-05-09
C. E. Chase et al., Appellants, v. Elvin P. Carney et al., Respondents 1939-05-09
Maryland Casualty Company et al., Appellants, v. The City of Tacoma et al., Respondents 1939-05-09
Peter Constanti et al., Appellants, v. Michael Barovic et al., Respondents 1939-05-16
Frank R. Peterson et al., Appellants, v. King County, Respondent and Cross-appellant 1939-05-16
Charles Steele et al., Appellants, v. Puget Sound Realty Associates et al., Defendants, E. B. Holmes, as Receiver, Respondent 1939-05-16
Robert Sweeny et al., Appellants, v. Sweeny Investment Company et al., Respondents 1939-05-17
Public Utility District No. 1 of Whatcom County et al., Appellants, v. The Superior Court for Whatcom County et al., Respondents and Cross-appellants 1939-05-19
Frank Glenn et al., Appellants, v. C. E. Wagner et al., Respondents 1939-05-19
A. L. Kenney et al., Respondents, v. Ivan H. Abraham et al., Appellants 1939-05-19
Washington Recorder Publishing Company, Respondent, v. Charles F. Ernst, as Director of the State Department of Social Security, et al., Appellants 1939-05-24
R. B. Hassell, Respondent, v. John L. Blacken, Appellant 1939-05-25
In the Matter of the Estate of Israel Rabie, Deceased. Anna Rabie, Appellant, v. Albert Rabie et al., Respondents 1939-05-25
Ezra Lyman Horton, Appellant, v. The Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent 1939-05-29
K. O. Pearson, Respondent, v. The City of Seattle et al., Appellants 1939-05-31
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Paul Buttry, Appellant 1939-06-01
S. J. Buob, Respondent, v. Feenaughty Machinery Company, Appellant 1939-06-08
W. A. Kankelborg, Respondent, v. Myrtle Virginia Kankelborg, Appellant 1939-06-08
Orlena Bergagna, Appellant, v. The Department of Labor and Industries et al., Respondents 1939-06-13
Florence Hughes Lavigne, Appellant, v. Mervin G. Hughes, Respondent 1939-06-13
John A. Bobst, Appellant, v. Fred Hardisty, Respondent 1939-06-15
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Raymond Snyder, Appellant 1939-06-15
Robert S. Terhune, as Trustee, Respondent, v. Eugene E. Miltenberger, Appellant, William Desmond Myers, as Administrator, Respondent 1939-06-16
The State of Washington, on the Relation of The State Board For Vocational Education, Plaintiff, v. Cliff Yelle, as State Auditor, Respondent 1939-06-16
Wilmon Tucker, as Administrator, Appellant, v. Sadie R. Brown et al., Respondents 1939-06-22
George H. Rummens et al., Appellants, v. Guaranty Trust Company et al., Respondents 1939-06-22
Agnes Louring, Appellant, v. Kaj A. Louring, Respondent 1939-06-23
Tina Crown, Appellant, v. E. J. Miller et al., Respondents 1939-06-23
Lois Zurfluh, a Minor, by her Guardian Ad Litem, Philip Zurfluh, Appellant, v. Lewis County, Respondent 1939-06-24
E. M. Strickler, Respondent, v. Ferd J. Schaaf, as Director of the State Department of Public Service, et al., Appellants 1939-06-24
The State of Washington, Appellant, v. Leslie Lambert, Respondent 1939-06-24
Maryland Casualty Company et al., Respondents, v. The City of Tacoma et al., Respondents, Gladding McBean & Company et al., Appellants 1939-06-26
Myrtie Jeffers, Appellant, v. Hugh W. Jeffers, Respondent 1939-06-26
The State of Washington, on the Relation of J. L. Booth, Appellant, v. O. U. Tatro, as Treasurer of the City of Olympia, Respondent 1939-06-29
The State of Washington, on the Relation of The Department of Finance, Budget and Business, Appellant, v. Thurston County, Respondent 1939-06-29
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Earl Talbott, Appellant 1939-06-30
The City of Seattle, Respondent, v. William R. Bell, as Police Judge, Appellant 1939-07-03
The State of Washington, on the Relation of Charles A. Hartzell et al., Respondents, v. The City of Seattle et al., Appellants 1939-07-06
In the Matter of the Estate of Ralph R. Upton, Deceased. Smaltz Glove Company et al., Appellants, v. Charles Millar Upton, as Administrator, Respondent 1939-07-06
Frances Aquino, a Minor, by Justo Aquino, her Guardian ad Litem, et al., Appellants, v. Alaska Steamship Company, Respondent 1939-07-07
George T. Bale et al., Appellants, v. Earl Floyd, as County Treasurer, et al., Respondents 1939-07-07
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Respondent, v. H. H. Henneford et al., as State Tax Commissioners, Appellants 1939-07-07
Grace B. Lindbloom, Appellant, v. The Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent 1939-07-07
Legal Discount Corporation, Respondent, v. Martin Hardware Company, Appellant 1939-07-07
Estelle Bender, Respondent, v. A. L. White et al., Defendants, Ethelyn B. White, Appellant 1939-07-10
Inland Empire Rural Electrification, Inc., Respondent, v. The Department of Public Service et al., Appellants 1939-07-10
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Roy Wright, Appellant 1939-07-10
In the Matter of the Proceedings for the Disbarment of A. Emerson Cross, an Attorney at Law 1939-07-10
May Decker, Respondent, v. D. P. Fowler, as Administrator, Appellant 1939-07-11
The State of Washington, on the relation of George E. Cooper et al., Respondents, v. The City of Seattle et al., Appellants 1939-07-13
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Ralph Courser, Appellant 1939-07-13
Helen Davis, a Minor, by F. E. Davis, her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. Harold R. Pinkerton et al., Appellants 1939-07-14
King County et al., Petitioners, v. The Superior Court for King County et al., Respondents 1939-07-15
Paul Hinz, Appellant, v. F. E. Stoller et al., Respondents 1939-07-20
North Bend Stage Lines, Inc., Respondent, v. Ferd J. Schaaf, as Director of The Department of Public Service, et al., Appellants 1939-07-20
Arthur Bank, Respondent, v. George Nelson et al., Appellants 1939-07-20
George A. Purdy, Respondent, v. The State of Washington, Appellant 1939-07-26
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Sidney Eli McLain, Appellant 1939-07-27
Wenatchee Production Credit Association, Respondent, v. Pacific Fruit & Produce Company, Appellant, George D. Brown & Son et al., Respondents 1939-07-27
Tessie Klein, Respondent, v. Dora Zeeve et al., Appellants 1939-07-27
In the Matter of the Estate of Clarence S. Findley, Deceased. William J. Findley, Appellant, v. Ida L. Findley, as Administratrix and Individually, Respondent 1939-07-31
The State of Washington, on the Relation of King County, Appellant, v. Lacey V. Murrow, as State Director of Highways, Respondent 1939-08-01
Jettie Hart Anderson, Respondent, v. Ernest Anderson, Appellant 1939-08-01
Martin Schuehle, Appellant, v. The City of Seattle, Respondent 1939-08-01
Creech Bros. Contracting Company, Appellant, v. Pacific County, Respondent 1939-08-03
George Beck et al., Respondents, v. A. E. Dye et al., Appellants 1939-08-03
In the Matter of the Estate of Bertha Bolstad, Deceased. The State of Washington, by Robt. F. Waldron, as Supervisor of the State Inheritance Tax and Escheat Division, Appellant, v. Frank S. Bolstad, as Executor, Respondent 1939-08-04
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Fay E. Wood, Appellant 1939-08-04
Philip Girardi et al., Respondents, v. Union High School District No. 1, Skagit County, et al., Appellants 1939-08-04
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Henry Donckers, Appellant 1939-08-05
Peoples Park and Amusement Association, Inc., Appellant, v. Florence Anrooney, as Administratrix, et al., Respondents 1939-08-05
Joseph D. Roberts, Respondent, v. Earl Millikin, as Auditor of King County, et al., Appellants 1939-08-05
Swan Persson, Appellant, v. McKay Coal Company, Respondent 1939-08-07
C. C. Bowman et al., Respondents, v. O. O. Hardgrove, Appellant 1939-08-07
Harry A. Brod, Respondent, v. Gehri Heating and Plumbing Company, Appellant, C. A. Dunham Company, Respondent 1939-08-08
The State of Washington, on the Relation of Rosa Johnson, Individually and as Guardian, Appellant, v. The City of Dayton et al., Respondents 1939-08-08
Alice M. Dibley, Respondent, v. William F. Peters et al., Appellants; Worthie Matthews, Respondent, v. William F. Peters et al., Appellants; Herbert D. Green, Respondent, v. William F. Peters et al., Appellants 1939-08-10
In the Matter of the Estate of Rose T. Jackson, Deceased 1939-08-10
J. L. Ogilvy, Appellant, v. Oliver M. Peck et al., Respondents 1939-08-11
Alta M. Compton, Appellant, v. Richard Bartelson Evans, as Administrator, et al., Respondents 1939-08-11
The Longview Company et al., Appellants, v. H. D. Renner, as Treasurer of Cowlitz County, et al., Respondents 1939-08-12
F. A. Kennett, Respondent, v. Frank A. Federici et al., Appellants 1939-08-12
Roy Young, Appellant, v. The Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent 1939-08-12
Wade H. Dean et al., Respondents, v. Ralph E. Woodruff et al., Appellants 1939-08-14
William E. Weir, Appellant, v. School District No. 201, Klickitat County, et al., Respondents 1939-08-14
C. E. Gray et al., Respondents, v. C. A. Harris & Son, Inc., Appellant 1939-08-14
Charles F. Ernst, as Director of the State Department of Social Security, Respondent, v. Guarantee Millwork, Inc., et al, Respondents, United States of America, Appellant, King County et al., Respondents 1939-08-15
James P. Kinney et al., Appellants, v. The Northern Life Insurance Company, Respondent 1939-08-15
The State of Washington, Appellant, v. Diamond Tank Transport, Inc., Respondent 1939-08-16
H. O. Poland, Respondent, v. The City of Seattle, Appellant 1939-08-16
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Frank Baird, Appellant 1939-08-17
Mrs. William Cook, as Administratrix, Respondent, v. John W. Rafferty et al., Appellants; Dixon Murphy, Respondent, v. John W. Rafferty et al., Appellants 1939-08-17
In the Matter of the Estate of William J. Lambell, Deceased. Albert Lambell, Individually and as Executor, Appellant, v. The State of Washington, by William H. Pemberton, as Supervisor of the State Inheritance Tax and Escheat Division, et al., Respondents 1939-08-17
Harry S. Bowen et al., Appellants, v. Harry Odland et al., Respondents 1939-08-18
A. F. Cook et al., Respondents, v. Albert Commellini et al., Respondents, Alberts Apartments, Inc., Appellant 1939-08-18
William Callahan, Respondent and Cross-appellant, v. DeWitt Jones et al., Appellants 1939-08-18
John H. Ethredge, Respondent, v. Diamond Drill Contracting Company, Appellant 1939-08-21
The State of Washington, on the Relation of Northwest Airlines, Inc., Plaintiff, v. J. W. Hoover, as Acting Director of the Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent 1939-08-21
O. B. Fornili et al., Appellants, v. Auto Mechanics Union Local No. 297 of the International Association of Machinists et al., Respondents 1939-08-21
Emma Louise Cole, Respondent, v. The Department of Labor and Industries, Defendant, E. C. Miller Cedar Lumber Company, Appellant 1939-08-24
In the Matter of the Estate of A. E. Larson, Deceased. Shirley D. Parker, as Administrator, Appellant, v. R. M. Hardy et al., Respondents, Nat U. Brown et al., Respondents and Cross-appellants 1939-08-25
Harry Anderson, Appellant, v. King County et al., Respondents 1939-08-29
D. G. Collyer, Respondent, v. J. L. Egbert, Defendant, Jerry Vandos, Appellant 1939-08-29
Edith Elizabeth McPherson, Respondent, v. James Franklin McPherson, Appellant 1939-08-30
Adrian Delsman et al., Appellants, v. Albert Bertotti, Respondents 1939-08-31
Lloyd R. Bohlke, Respondent, v. Francis B. Wright et al., Appellants 1939-08-31
Great Northern Railway Company, Respondent, v. The State of Washington, Appellant 1939-09-01
O. J. Blende, Respondent, v. Hearst Publications, Inc., at al., Appellants 1939-09-02
E. T. Harrison, Respondent, v. Consolidated Holding Company, Appellant 1939-09-05
Theodore R. Baskett et al., Respondents, v. The City of Seattle, Appellant 1939-09-06
Marion Dittmar, Respondent, v. Charles H. Frye, Appellant 1939-09-08
Marion Dittmar, Respondent, v. Frye & Company, Appellant 1939-09-08
Marion Dittmar, Respondent, v. Charles H. Frye, Appellant 1939-09-08
United Union Brewing Company, Appellant, v. Dave Beck et al., Respondents 1939-09-13
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. K. W. Berry et al., Appellants 1939-09-14
Charles Carlson, Appellant, v. The Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent 1939-09-25
Commercial Waterway District No. 1 of King County et al., Respondents, v. King County et al., Appellants 1939-09-26
The City of Yakima, Respondent, v. Jay Gorham, Appellant 1939-09-27
Frances L. Keller, Respondent, v. The City of Seattle, Appellant 1939-09-28
Mary Lampe, a Minor, by Annie Lampe, her Guardian ad Litem, et al., Appellants, v. A. J. Tyrell et al., Respondents 1939-09-28
Alice Warner, a Minor, by E. C. Warner, her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, E. C. Warner, Individually, Cross-appellant, v. Gordon J. Keebler et al., Appellants 1939-09-29
The State of Washington, on the Relation of G. W. Hamilton, Attorney General, Plaintiff, v. The Superior Court for Cowlitz County, Respondent 1939-10-07
Beryl I. Lunday, Appellant, v. The Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent 1939-10-07
Frances A. Easterbrooks, Respondent, v. Albert Abrahams et al., Appellants 1939-10-10
In the Matter of the Estate of Paul Nogleberg, Deceased. The State of Washington, by Robt. F. Waldron, as Supervisor of the State Inheritance Tax and Escheat Division, Appellant, v. O. S. Haugen, as Executor, Respondent 1939-10-11
James Olson, Respondent, v. A. G. Schaefer et al., Appellants 1939-10-11
Dale H. Isom, Appellant, v. Olympia Oil & Wood Products Company, Respondent 1939-10-11
Consolidated Freight Lines, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. The Department of Public Service et al., Respondents 1939-10-11
The State of Washington, on the Relation of The Department of Public Service, Appellant, v. Northern Pacific Railway Company et al., Respondents 1939-10-13
The State of Washington, on the Relation of Thomas H. Davis, Plaintiff, v. The Superior Court for King County, Chester A. Batchelor, Judge, Respondent 1939-10-13
Clinton M. Miller, Appellant, v. The Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent 1939-10-16
In the Matter of the Estate of Charles I. Welch, Deceased. Christine T. Welch, Appellant, v. D. P. Welch, as Administrator, et al., Respondents 1939-10-16
Clara Vogt, Appellant, v. Whitney Curtis et al., Respondents 1939-10-17
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Clayton D. Currie, Appellant 1939-10-18