McFarland v. Oregon Electric Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is an action by L. B. McFarland against the Oregon Electric Railway Company, a corporation, to recover $50,000 as damages, resulting from the death of his son, Neal J. McFarland, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence in failing properly to guard electric wires at a substation, in consequence of which the deceased, an employee of the defendant, received a shock…
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is an action by L. B. McFarland against the Oregon Electric Railway Company, a corporation, to recover $50,000 as damages, resulting from the death of his son, Neal J. McFarland, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence in failing properly to guard electric wires at a substation, in consequence of which the deceased, an employee of the defendant, received a shock October 7, 1912, causing instantaneous death at the age of 19 years, 7 months, and 25 days. From a judgment in plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
1. As a preliminary matter it is maintained by plaintiff’s counsel that a review of the errors attempted to be assigned should not be undertaken. The formal statement in typewriting of the exceptions taken by *30defendant’s counsel during the trial of the cause to the rulings and instructions of the court, comprising 23 pages, is certified to by the judge in the usual manner, and it is further attested that Exhibit “A” contains all the testimony and evidence offered, together with the instructions given and refused, and that the bill of exceptions was settled and allowed August 27, 1913. The…
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