Hines v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered October 19, 1917, in favor of the defendant, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained at a railroad crossing.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, Hines, commenced this action, seeking recovery of damages from the defendant railway company for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the negligent operation of one of its locomotives at a country road crossing on its main line track some two miles east of the town of Renton, in King county. Trial in the superior court for that county sitting with a jury resulted in a verdict awarding to the plaintiff damages in the sum of $3,000. Thereafter, before the entry of judgment upon the verdict, counsel for the defendant made a motion for judgment in its favor…
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