Bjorklund v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for TTing county, Hatch, J., entered November 16, 1903, upon the verdict of a, jury rendered in favor of the pla.i-ntiff for $2,500 for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries received by respondent while traveling as a passenger upon one of appellant’s cars. Respondent was at the time, and for several years prior thereto had been, an employe of appellant, engaged in rendering services about the car bam of the railway company, but when he received his injuries he was a passenger on his way to his home, after completing a day’s work, and he says he had paid his fare as the other passengers had done.
The question of want of original liability is not urged upon this appeal, but it is contended that respondent had,…
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