Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Seattle Ice Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 24, 1906No. 6159PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered December 19, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained by the driver of a wagon struck by a runaway team.
1Opinion of the CourtDthstbae, J.
This is an action for damages, alleged by plaintiff to have been suffered in consequence of the negligence of the defendant. The jury, upon the trial of the cause, under the instructions of the court, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $'790. The second paragraph of the complaint is as follows:
“That on or about the 12th day of May, 1904, the defendant Seattle lee Company was the owner of, and was operating, a certain team, consisting of a wagon and horses, in the city of Seattle, which team of horses was wild and ungovernable, and was well known by the defendant to be…
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