Bradburn v. Whatcom County Railway & Light Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Neterer, J., entered January 23, 1906, upon the complaint and opening statement of counsel, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a policeman in alighting from a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of non-suit directed upon the complaint and the opening statement of counsel. The facts, so far as deemed material on this appeal, are as follows: The respondent Whatcom County Railway & Light Company was a corporation engaged in the business of operating a street railway in the city of Bellingham, and as such was a common carrier of passengers. The defendant Lewis was a motorman in the employ of the defendant company. Under the terms of the franchises heretofore granted to the company by the cities of Whatcom and Fairhaven, and now in force in the city of…
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