St. Germain v. Potlatch Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the' superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered February 4, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
Albert St. Germain, while in the employment of the appellant, Potlatch Lumber Company, as a brakeman on its logging railway, in the state of Idaho, was run over by a locomotive engine and killed. St. Germain was, at the time of his death, 26 years of age and unmarried. The respondent is his mother and only heir. She conceived that his death was caused' by the wrongful act and neglect of the appellant, and instituted this action to recover therefor. At the trial in the court below, the jury returned a verdict in her favor in the sum of $6,000. On a motion for a new trial, the court gave the…
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