Cook v. Chehalis River Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered May 29, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondent recovered in this action for injuries received by him while in the employment of the appellant engaged in the construction of a logging railroad. The evidence relating to the manner in which the injury occurred is contradictory, but since the jury found in favor of the respondent, we must accept as true the version most favorable to his contention. In brief that version is as follows: At the time of the injury, the appellant was constructing a trestle across a gulch. The trestle consisted of piles driven in the ground by a steam pile driver in bents of four piles each, the…
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