Brandt v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Beynolds, J., entered April 27, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the death of A. Forstrom, who was killed at the crossing of Summa street and the main line of appellant’s railroad, in the city of Centralia, on August 13, 1917. From a verdict and judgment in favor of the respondent, appellant appeals, raising the single question that the evidence was insufficient to go to the jury.
The deceased, Forstrom, owned a dairy farm in the country, and hauled his own and his neighbor’s milk to the condensery. On the day of the accident, and for some two months preceding, he had used an auto truck for this purpose. On the…
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