Manning v. Tacoma Railway & Power Co.

Citations

• 34 Wash. 406
• 75 P. 994
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 366

Syllabus

<p>Death by Weongful Act — Right of Action — Heibs Limited to Widow and Minor Children — Stare Decisis. The supreme court having six years ago adopted a construction of the statute respecting damages for a death hy wrongful act whereby “heirs” entitled to bring the action was held not to include collateral heirs biit only the widow and children, and having since adhered to the rule, and the legislature having since convened three times without making any change, the question should he considered at rest and the rule adhered to, notwithstanding that, as an original proposition, the court, as now constituted, would probably have adopted a different construction.</p>