Van Woerden v. Puget Sound Electric Railway

This action was instituted by respondents, as plaintiffs, to recover for the killing and maiming of thirteen head of cattle while upon the defendant’s right-of-way near Georgetown, in King county, Washington. Prom a verdict and judgment thereon against it in the sum of $1,900, the defendant has appealed.

Appellant is the owner and operator of an electric railway line between Seattle and Tacoma, which passes over a private right-of-way through lands leased by respondents and occupied by them as a dairy farm. This right-of-way is fenced on both sides and runs practically north and south through…