Case Name: D. M. Morgan et al., Appellants, v. Bankers Trust Company, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1912-01-15
Citations: 66 Wash. 617
Docket Number: No. 9415
Parties: D. M. Morgan et al., Appellants, v. Bankers Trust Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 617–620

Head Matter:
[No. 9415.
En Banc.
January 15, 1912.]
D. M. Morgan et al., Appellants, v. Bankers Trust Company, Respondent.
Appeal — Review — Harmless Error — Presumptions. The presumption of prejudice from error in instructions on the issues presented hy the pleadings is overcome by the presumption in favor of the judgment, where the evidence on which the verdict was based is not brought up on appeal (Chadwick, Gose, Ellis, and Morris, JJ,, dissenting).
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered April 29, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in an elevator.
Affirmed.
Hayden & Langhorne, for appellants.
Kerr & McCord and Hudson & Holt (Charles Arnold, of counsel), for respondent.
Reported in 119 Pac. 1116.

Opinion:
On Rehearing.
Per Curiam.
A petition for rehearing in this case having been granted, argument thereon before the court en banc was heard on December 28, 1911. A majority of the court being of the opinion that the judgment should be affirmed, for the reason stated in the majority opinion of department one, rendered June 8, 1911, 63 Wash. 476, 115 Pac. 1047, it is so ordered.