Johnson v. Collier
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered July 7, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee through the caving in of the walls of a pit.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment of $909 against the defendant, on account of personal injuries. The defendant, W. H. Collier, has appealed.
The case was tried to the court and a jury. The defendants, as contractors, were installing an oil burning plant in a building in Seattle. It was necessary to dig a pit in an alley in the rear of the building, in which pit the fuel oil tank was to be placed. This tank was to be connected with the basement of the building by means of pipes. The pit, twelve feet long by six feet wide and about thirteen feet deep, had been dug in the alley some three or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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