Milne v. Kane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered September SO, 1910, granting a new trial as to one defendant, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against both defendants, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in an automobile through a collision with a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover a judgment against the defendants on account of personal injuries received by him while being carried as a passenger for hire in an automobile. The automobile was operated for the benefit of the community consisting of. Mr. Kane and his wife. It was being driven by the defendant M. Francis Kane at a high rate of speed, and ran against a street car and injured the plaintiff. The case was tried to the court and a jury. The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against both the defendants, for. $900. The defendants moved for a new trial.…
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