Snodgrass v. Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Webster, J., entered February 24, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiif, in an action for damages for stock killed by a train.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Appellant operates an electric railway extending southerly from Spokane. On a night in February, *3091913, one of its south-bound passenger trains struck and killed four horses belonging to respondent, on its main track on the station grounds at West Fairfield. Respondent’s suit for damages for such killing resulted in a verdict in his favor. Appellant challenged the sufficiency of respondent’s evidence, which was denied. Besides the general verdict, the jury answered special interrogatories as follows:
“1. Within what distance ought the motorman, in the exercise of ordinary care, to have…
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- Isbell v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
- Klockenbrink v. St. Louis & Meramec River RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Harris v. Misssouri, K. & T. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Thoresen v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
- Orcutt v. Pacific Coast Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1890
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- Willett v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916