Oberstock v. United Rys. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by Valencie Oberstock against the United Railways Company, a corporation, which was tried before a jury and a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff. From a judgment thereon, defendant appeals. The United Railways Company operates a line of electric railway from Portland in a northerly direction along the Willamette River to and through the town of Linnton.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by Valencie Oberstock against the United Railways Company, a corporation, which was tried before a jury and a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff. From a judgment thereon, defendant appeals. The United Railways Company operates a line of electric railway from Portland in a northerly direction along the Willamette River to and through the town of Linnton. For a considerable distance outside the town of Linnton the railway is constructed on one side or the other of the public highway known as the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
After the close of plaintiff’s evidence defendant interposed a motion for a nonsuit, the denial of which is the first error assigned. There is a dispute as to the condition of the street where the accident happened. It is the contention of plaintiff, and there was .evidence tending to show, that the street through the town of Linnton upon which the railway is situated is used upon both sides of the railway, and that the travel crosses back and forth diagonally from one side of the street to the other; that this condition extends north of Lemme’s store for a distance of about 150 feet; and…
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- Crosby v. Portland Ry. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1909
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- Trickey v. ClarkOregon Supreme Court · 1908
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