Caldwell v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clarke county, McCredie, J., entered October 26, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of a passenger for damages by reason of insults by the conductor.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Plaintiff is an invalid, being so crippled in her lower limbs that she is unable to walk in an erect posi*224tion. Usually she propels herself in a wheeled carriage, but when necessary can hitch herself along, while sitting down, by pulling her feet forward with her hands. On the 12th day of July, in company with others, she went on a picnic-excursion to Knapp’s Station, about eight or ten miles west of Vancouver, Washington. In the morning of that day she had endeavored to get on the cars on the opposite side from the platform. A friend was present but was rendering her no actual assistance.…
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