Kendall v. Johnson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered February 21, 1908, in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained from a blast.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
— At the times hereinafter mentioned, the defendant, C. H. Johnson, was under contract with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company to construct from seventy-five to one hundred miles of its road lying west of the city of Ellensburg, in this state. On the 28th day of' March, 1907, Johnson entered into a subcontract with Fred Johnson & Co., a firm composed of Fred Johnson and nine’ other persons, to construct the road between certain designated stations in the vicinity of Easton, Kittitas county. On the-27th day of June, 1907, the plaintiff was employed as cook in a logging camp,…
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