Kinsman v. Barton Company

This is a personal injury case. The chief question involved is whether the plaintiff, at the time and place of her injury, was an invitee or a licensee. The trial court decided that she was the latter, took the case from the jury and entered a judgment dismissing the action.

The facts are these: The respondent operates a large meat packing plant in the city of Seattle. In connection therewith it constructed a garage for the purpose of housing its various trucks. Respondent’s employees had formed the habit, with respondent’s knowledge, of putting their private automobiles in the garage. There-…