Muehlman v. Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered December 7, 1908, in favor of the defendant notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee by falling from a scaffold.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by Charles H. Muehlman against the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad *328Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. A verdict was returned in his favor, but thereafter the defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto was sustained and the action was dismissed. The plaintiff has appealed.
The sole question presented for our consideration is whether the trial court erred in sustaining the motion. The respondent railroad company was erecting depots at stations along its line of road, and one P. L. Peterson was in general charge of the work. The appellant, a…
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