Wright v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Belt, J., entered November 2d, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for the death of a pedestrian struck by defendant’s train.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
Action for personal injuries. The complaint alleged, in substance, that, on the 22d day of November, 1902, the defendant was engaged in operating its passenger trains through and past the town of Gem, Idaho; that there was a public user of the track at that place, which was known to the defendant, and that it was the duty of the defendant, while operating its trains through the said town, to ring its bell, sound its whistle, and provide adequate lights and signals to' warn the public generally; that, at about the hour of seven o’clock, P. M., the deceased, who had but recently arrived at Gem,…
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