REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, CONTAINING DECISIONS RENDERED FROM FEBRUARY 23 TO SEPTEMBER 17, 1898, INCLUSIVE. EUGENE G. KREIDER, REPORTER. VOLUME XIX. BANCROFT-WHITNEY CO., LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOK SELLERS, 1899. JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. Whitman, Hon. WILLIAM MCDONALD. Lincoln, Okanogan, Douglas and Adams Hon. CHARLES H. NEAL. Walla Walla, Hon. THOMAS H. BRENTS. Columbia, Garfield and Asotin, . Hon. MELVIN M. GODMAN. Hon. JOHN B, DAVIDSON. Kittitas, Yakima and Franklin, . Klickitat, Hon. ABRAHAM L. MILLER. Lewis, Pacific and Wahkiakum, Hon. HENRY S. ELLIOTT. Mason and Chehalis, Hon. CHARLES W. HODGDON. Thurston, (Hon. CHARLES H. AYER.* Hon. BYRON MILLETT.+ Pierce, Hon. JAMES A. WILLIAMSON. King Hon. ORANGE JACOBS. Clallam, Jefferson and Island, Hon. JAMES G. MCCLINTON. Skagit and San Juan, Hon. JESSE P. HOUSER. Kitsap and Snohomish, Hon. FRANK T. REID. Whatcom Hon. HIRAM E. HADLEY. * Died March 9, 1898. TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. 89 425 356 425 575 340 706 490 347 674 185 I Aberdeen, Wilson v. 284 306 626 469 207 707 146 555 657 490 312 361 127 455 8 396 36 44 431 428 333 383 262 52 (v) 450 IIO |