KANE v. PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 8111.

88 F.2d 589 (1937)

KANE v. PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 6, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Funkhouser & Twohy, of Spokane, Wash., and Thomas Balmer and Edwin C. Matthias, both of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Todd, Holman & Sprague and Clarence R. Innis, all of Seattle, Wash. (A. J. O'Connor [of Crollard & O'Connor], of Wenatchee, Wash., and Emory E. Hess and Lowell P. Mickelwait, both of Seattle, Wash., of counsel), for appellee.

Before WILBUR, MATHEWS, and HANEY, Circuit Judges.


MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a citizen of Washington, brought this action against appellee, a Massachusetts corporation, to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the construction of a dam in the Columbia river. The complaint is in two counts, stating what purport to be two causes of action. The first is for $80,000, the second for $20,000. The District Court sustained a general demurrer to the complaint and to each count thereof and (appellant having...

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