Bortle v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 60 Wash. 552
• 111 P. 788
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1095

Syllabus

<p>Death — Actions—Persons Entitled to Sue — Dependency—Statutes — Evidence—Sufficiency. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 194, authorizing an action for wrongful death of a child by parents dependent upon him for support, requires a substantial degree of dependency arising from' necessitous want, and a recognition of the necessity on the-part of the child; and the evidence is insufficient where it shows only occasional contributions in the nature of gifts to parents who supported themselves.</p>