Rudolph v. Portland Ry., L. & P. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry L. Benson, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. An action was instituted by Marcus M. Rudolph, as administrator of the estate of his daughter, Maxine Melba Rudolph, deceased, against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, a corporation, to recover damages occasioned by her death, which was caused by one of the defendant’s electric cars running over her.
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From Multnomah: Henry L. Benson, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. An action was instituted by Marcus M. Rudolph, as administrator of the estate of his daughter, Maxine Melba Rudolph, deceased, against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, a corporation, to recover damages occasioned by her death, which was caused by one of the defendant’s electric cars running over her. The facts out of which the cause arose are that the defendant owns on Nebraska Street, in the City of Portland, a single line of railway, extending east and west, on which track it operates passenger…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
Sections 1, 2 and 4 of an act of the legislative assembly filed in .the office of the Secretary of State February 18,1903, are incorporated in L. O. L. as Sections 7007, 7008 and 7009. • Section 3 of the enactment, however, is not thus set out, but reads :
“The provisions of this act shall not be in force or effect until the first day of January, 1904”: Gen. Laws Or. 1903, p. 94.
*565Section 1 of the law mentioned is as follows:
“Every street-car run, operated, or used on any street-car line in the State of Oregon, other than operated by horses, shall be provided with good and substantial aprons,…
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