Walters v. Spokane International Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered November 14, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for $20,000, in an action for the death' of a railway employee.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by Katie Walters, in her own behalf and as guardian ad litem of John S. Walters and William H. Walters, minors, against Spokane International Railway Company, a corporation, to recover damages for the death of William H. Walters, husband and father of the plaintiffs. From a judgment in their favor, the defendant has appealed.
William H. Walters, while serving the appellant as head *295brakeman on a freight train, was so badly scalded in a derailment of the engine on which he was riding that he died the next day. The respondents alleged the accident was due to negligence…
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