Henry v. Navy Yard Route
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kitsap county, French, J., entered January 29, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger on a boat.
1Opinion of the Court
Fullerton, J. —
The appellant is a common carrier of passengers, operating a line of steamboats between the city of Port Orchard, in Kitsap county, and the city of Seattle, *527in King county. On July IB, 1915, the respondent Eliza Henry became a passenger on one of the appellant’s boats, and was carried from Port Orchard to the boat landing at Seattle. On the arrival of the boat at Seattle, the respondent was directed to disembark by way of a stairway in the stern of the boat, and while descending the stairway, she fell and received injuries for which this action was brought. The jury returned a…
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