Baker v. Tacoma Eastern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Snell, J., entered December 14, 1905, in favor of the defendant, upon the pleadings and a stipulated statement of •the plaintiff’s case, dismissing an action to recover for the death of plaintiffs’ husband and father, killed at a railroad crossing.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
Joseph Baker was run over and killed on the morning of July 28, 1905, on East D street, in the city of Tacoma, where the Northern Pacific Railway tracks cross the same, by a long Tacoma Eastern Railway train loaded with logs, backing down upon him, without any lookout or rear brakeman upon the train to protect the people passing along the street. The plaintiffs, wife and daughter of the deceased, sued to recover for the wrongful death.
The complaint alleged negligence on the part of the respondent in not having a guard upon the rear end of the train. It appears from the complaint that East D…
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