Jim v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from the explosion of a dynamite cap, the proximate cause of which plaintiff claims was the negligence of one of defendant’s section foremen under whom he was at the time working. The case proceeded to trial in the superior court for Spokane county without a jury. At the close of the evidence introduced in behalf of the plaintiff, counsel for the defendant, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to entitle the plaintiff to recover, moved for judgment, which motion was by the court granted, rendering judgment of…