Legal Opinion

Schneider v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 5, 1907No. 6707PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Poindexter, J., entered October 20, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits, .in an action for the wrongful ejection of a passenger from a railway train.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

The respondent, on July 3, 1906, being then a resident of Newport, Washington, purchased a round-trip ticket from that place to Sandpoint, Idaho. His purpose in going to Sandpoint was to attend a celebration of the national holiday. He reached Sandpoint sometime in the evening of the 3d, stayed there over the 4th, and started for home on an early train which passed through Sandpoint at about five o’clock on the morning of the 5th. He was somewhat late when he reached the station, and boarded the train with the *46assistánce of the brakeman, after it had started to move out. The conductor was…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. WrothWashington Supreme Court · 1896
  2. State v. WaltersWashington Supreme Court · 1893
  3. State v. SurryWashington Supreme Court · 1900
  4. State v. BlissWashington Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Miller v. DumonWashington Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Heitfeld v. Benevolent & Protective Order of KeglersWashington Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Herzig v. SandbergMontana Supreme Court · 1918
  3. State v. EdwardsOregon Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Spencer v. Town of ArlingtonWashington Supreme Court · 1908
  5. State v. ThompsonWashington Supreme Court · 1924

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