PRESTON v. DUNCAN

No. 35232.

55 Wn.2d 678 (1960)

349 P.2d 605

ADA PRESTON, Appellant, v. WILLIAM R. DUNCAN et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

February 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burgess & Hallin, for appellant.

Rosling, Williams, Lanza & Kastner and Joseph J. Lanza, for respondents.


HILL, J.

This is an appeal, by a plaintiff, from a summary judgment dismissing two causes of action:

1. An action against a six-year-old minor because the child "intentionally and with full knowledge of the probable effects thereof did jump" from a chair onto the plaintiff (a seventy-eight-year-old woman), "knocking plaintiff to the floor"; in consequence of which, she sustained a fractured left femur and other injuries.

It is conceded, in the plaintiff...

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