Donaldson v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Bell, J., entered August 3, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff entered after denial of motions for judgment non obstante and new trial, upon the verdict of a jury in an action brought under the Federal employers’ liability act, to recover damages for the death of her son, Yance H. Thoms, which she alleged was due to the negligence of the appellant.
On November 5, 1913, Thoms was an engineer in the em- . ploy of the appellant, and was on that date operating engine No. 1,902, which was one of three engaged in hauling a freight train between Skykomish and Scenic. When near *163the station at Tonga, the boiler…
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