Kelly v. Navy Yard Route
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Pendergast, J., entered April 11, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action by a passenger assaulted by a fellow passenger on defendant’s boat.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
On the night of March SO, 1912, plaintiff took passage upon a boat belonging to the defendant en-route to his home in the city of Bremerton. On the way, he was assaulted and beaten by a fellow passenger named Moore. Another joined in the assault. The assault was without provocation or excuse. It was the act of a brutal and vicious man somewhat under the influence of liquor. As soon as it became known, the steward of the boat having in charge the lower deck — the assault occurred in the smoking room, a compartment about forty feet long — rushed to the assistance of the plaintiff. The steward…
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