Case Name: R. N. Smith, Respondent, v. P. A. Harrington et al., Appellants
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1916-12-15
Citations: 93 Wash. 681
Docket Number: No. 13358
Parties: R. N. Smith, Respondent, v. P. A. Harrington et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 681–682

Head Matter:
[No. 13358.
Department Two.
December 15, 1916.]
R. N. Smith, Respondent, v. P. A. Harrington et al., Appellants.
Appeal — Review—Harmless Error — Instructions. It is not reversible error to refuse requested instructions that are merely a specific elaboration of more general instructions referring to the issues to be determined, where, upon the whole, the case was fairly submitted to the jury.
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered September 8, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract.
Affirmed.
Van Dyke & Thomas, for appellants.
Victor M. Place, Benjamin M. Levine, and Philip Tindall, for respondent.
Reported in 161 Pac. 465.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Suit upon two causes of action growing out of a written contract for the furnishing of labor and material in the construction of a concrete warehouse. Verdict for plaintiff.
The case presents questions of fact only, properly triable before a jury. No suggestion is made of any improper admission or rejection of evidence, nor is complaint made as to the instructions given. Appellants content themselves with a claim of error in the refusal of the lower court to give certain requested instructions.
After examining the issues, the evidence, and the instructions given, we conclude that the case was properly submitted to the jury. The requested instructions are a specific elaboration of what the court said to the jury in a more general way in referring to the issues to be determined. We cannot say that the refusal to give them entitles the appellants to a new trial. Upon the whole, we conclude that the case was fairly submitted to the jury, and the judgment should be affirmed.