Wile v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Hardin, J., entered March 25, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal inj uries sustained by a passenger on a railway train.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Damages are asked for in this case, based upon the claim of respondent that he was injured by being thrown against the corner of a seat while a passenger upon one of appellant’s mixed trains. The allegation of negligence is, that “defendant so negligently and carelessly operated the engine detached from the said car, by backing and bumping same against the car on which plaintiff was riding while said car was standing still, with great force and such force as to move the car with such suddenness and force as to throw the plaintiff down.” The claim of error is that the evidence is insufficient…
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