Anderson v. McCarthy Dry Goods Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal- from a judgment of the superior court for King •county, Griffin, J., entered December 12, 1907, upon granting a nonsuit in an action for personal injuries, after a trial before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
This was an action by appellants for damages .alleged to have been sustained by appellant Mrs. Anderson, on account of a personal injury received by a basket falling from an overhead carrier system in the store of the respondent company. From a judgment of nonsuit, this appeal is prosecuted.
The material facts shown were about these: Mrs. Anderson entered respondent company’s store to make some purchases, and while there in the capacity of a customer, a basket used upon respondent’s carrier system, conveying goods to and from the wrapping counter, fell or was precipitated from the track, and…
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