Nicol v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Card, J., entered March 4, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is an action for damages against the defendant, a common carrier, for an alleged negligent destruction of plaintiff’s automobile at a country crossing. The case was tried to the court. Findings were made in favor of plaintiff, and a judgment was entered thereon, from which the defendant has appealed.
The negligence charged is that, while the respondent was in the act of driving his automobile over the railroad crossing in a public highway, the machine became stalled crosswise of the track, the engine of the machine stopped running, the respondent was unable to start it or to move the…
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