Jancko v. West Coast Manufacturing & Investment Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Bell, J., entered July 9, 1903, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained in attempting to remove slabs lodged near a saw, after withdrawing the case from the jury at the close of plaintiff’s testimony.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries received in a shingle mill. At the trial the court granted a challenge to the evidence, interposed by the defendant at the close of plaintiff’s testimony. The cause was withdrawn from the jury, motion for new trial was denied, and judgment was entered dismissing the action. The plaintiff has appealed.
There was evidence before the jury to the following effect: That appellant went to respondent’s mill earljr in the morning and asked the foreman for work, but the latter asked him if he had ever before worked in a shingle mill, to which he…
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