Howe v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, Spokane County. — Hon. William E. Bichaedson, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dunbar, J.
This is a personal injury case. On the 2d of January, 1899, the respondent was fireman on train Ho. 13, a mixed passenger and freight train running from Cheney to Coulee City. On this day a snowplow train had been sent ahead of the passenger train to clear the road and prepare the track for the passenger train, and at a point about six miles west of Almira, a station between Cheney and Coulee City, Ho. 13, upon which respondent was firing the lead engine, ran into the snowplow, and respondent was injured by the collision to such an extent…
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