Case Name: W. H. Heinzerling, Respondent, v. John B. Agen, Appellant
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1908-06-22
Citations: 49 Wash. 647
Docket Number: No. 7380
Parties: W. H. Heinzerling, Respondent, v. John B. Agen, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 647–648

Head Matter:
[No. 7380.
Decided June 22, 1908.]
W. H. Heinzerling, Respondent, v. John B. Agen, Appellant.
Depositions — Admission In Evidence — Pbesumption as to Reasons fob Taking. Under Bal. Code, § 6028, which provides that a deposition shall not he read in evidence if it appears at the trial that the reason for taking the same no longer exists, it will be presumed that the reason continues to exist until the contrary is shown by the adverse party, and the deposition is admissible without any showing.
Appeal — Decision-—Law of Case. The decision of the supreme court on a former appeal is conclusive of the questions considered.
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered November 30, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract.
Affirmed.
Blaine, Tucker & Hyland and James B. Kinne, for appellant.
Gill, Hoyt & Frye, for respondent.
Reported in 96 Pac. 223.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case was before this court on a former appeal where a full statement of the facts will be found. Heinzerling v. Agen, 46 Wash. 390, 90 Pac. 262. A retrial was had in the court below after the case was remanded, and from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant has again appealed.
A deposition taken and used at the first trial was read at the second trial, over objection, without any showing that the reasons for taking the deposition still existed, and this ruling is assigned as error. Bal. Code, § 6028 (P. C. § 992), provides that depositions shall not be read in evidence if it appears at the trial that the reasons for taking them no longer exist, but this court has held that the reasons for taking the deposition will be presumed to continue and the burden is on the adverse party to show the contrary. Hennessy v. Niagara Fire Ins. Co., 8 Wash. 91, 35 Pac. 585, 40 Am. St. 892. The remaining assignments are based on the denial of a motion for nonsuit, and on exceptions to instructions given, and the refusal to give instructions requested. The testimony was the same at both trials, and the objections urged against the denial of the motion for nonsuit and the charge of the court were fully considered on the former appeal, and decided adversely to the appellant. The instructions requested were embodied in the general charge of the court, in so far as they were proper or material, and finding no error in the record the judgment is affirmed.