Engelsen v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clarke county, Back, J., entered April 30, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, by direction of the court, in an action for personal injuries sustained on a highway.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages on account of personal injuries received by her while she was driving upon a highway.
The complaint alleged that the defendant was negligent, first, in constructing its railroad upon a public highway; and second, that one of the defendant’s employees did wilfully and so negligently, unreasonably, and unnecessarily blow the whistle of the engine drawing the train that it frightened the horse that the plaintiff was driving, causing it to become unmanageable and to run away with the plaintiff. Upon motion of the defendant, the first cause of…
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