Brown v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.

The plaintiff Viola V. Brown, while riding as a passenger in an automobile driven by her husband, was injured when the automobile and a diesel engine operated by the defendant Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company collided near the intersection of northwest Front avenue and northwest 14th avenue in the city of Portland.

Plaintiff filed an action for damages in the circuit court for Multnomah county; the cause was tried to a jury and a verdict was returned for the defendants. *113The trial court set aside the verdict on the basis of the misconduct of one of the jurors because he made…