Croft v. Northwestern Steamship Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, C. J.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in falling from a gang-plank leading from a dock in the city of Seattle to the deck of the steamer Rosalie, on which he was intending to take passage to Victoria, and, having recovered a judgment, the defendant has appealed. It appeared from the plaintiff’s testimony that he attempted to go aboard the ship shortly before midnight; that there was no one on the wharf at the time and no one in sight on the vessel; that there was no light upon the wharf, but…