Collins v. Hazel Lumber Co.

Citations

• 54 Wash. 524
• 103 P. 798
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1029

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Actions Against — Venue—Admissions Aeeecting —“Doing Business.” An allegation in a complaint that the defendant is a domestic corporation “doing business” in the county of the venue, admitted by the answer, is sufficient to confer jurisdiction upon the court of that county; although the president was served in another county, and Bal. Code, § 4854, requires actions against a corporation to be commenced in any county where it “has an office for the transaction of business,” or where any person resides upon whom service could be made.</p> <p>Negligence — Premises—Invitation to Use — Right to the Land —Wav Around Obstructions. One who obstructs a public road, and builds a road around the obstruction upon the lands of another, thereby invites the public to travel thereon; and he is not relieved from liability for negligence in failing to provide a reasonably safe way by the fact that he had no right on the land, and that travelers thereon would be trespassers.</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Vebdict—Death—Cause. The verdict of a jury upon conflicting evidence as to whether a death was caused by the bad condition of a road or the intoxication of the deceased, is conclusive on appeal.</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Habmless Ebeoe. The refusal to strike out hearsay evidence of no importance to the case is not prejudicially erroneous.</p>