McCann v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Irwin, J., entered June 2, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for damages to property destroyed by fire.
1Opinion of the CourtBausman, J.
This is an action for damages to timber by fire negligently communicated from the premises of defendant railway company. A verdict for plaintiffs is complained of as contrary to the clear weight of the testimony, as influenced by erroneous instruction, and as founded on improper evidence.
That the fire could have come from other fires than the one started by defendants is possible, but in spite of an exceptionally lucid presentation of the evidence by appellants, we deem the lower court correct in not granting a new trial and setting aside the conclusions of the jury. The evidence is so…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Bend Lumber Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
- Northwestern Mutual Fire Ass'n v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
- Asplund v. Great Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
- Wick v. Tacoma Eastern RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- Larsen v. Standard Railway & Timber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916
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