Mattson v. Griffin Transfer Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Easterday, J., entered March 30, 1915, in favor of the defendant, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in delivering wood.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Appellant is a teamster and had been in the employ of the respondent for about twelve years. Respondent operates several fuel yards in the city of Tacoma. Just before noon on the 6th day of August, 1913, appellant was directed to hitch onto a wagon and deliver a load of wood. Appellant had not, theretofore, driven the wagon he was directed to take. He says, and the jury found, although the greater number of the witnesses testified to the contrary, that one of the springs under the wagon seat was broken; that the upper half of the spring had come loose from the lower half; that the two halves,…
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