Marsh v. Usk Hardware Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered June 7, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained through an explosion of blasting powder.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is. an action to recover damages for personal injuries rendering the plaintiff totally blind, which he alleges resulted to him from a premature explosion of a charge of blasting powder called “jexite,” while-he was load*545ing it into a drill hole in a manner which he was led, by representations made by the defendants, to believe to be safe. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for $20,000 in favor of the plaintiff and against all of the defendants, from which they have appealed.
Appellants Charles Greenhalgh, R. Greenhalgh and L. R. Greenhalgh are copartners…
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