Beck v. International Harvester Co. of America
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered November 3, 1913, in favor of the defendant, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in unloading machinery from a car.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant while an employee of the respondent was injured in the course of his employment, and brought the present action to recover in damages therefor. After issue joined, a trial was entered upon before the court sitting with a jury. The appellant presented his case in chief, whereupon the respondent moved for a nonsuit against him on the ground that he had failed to prove a sufficient cause for the jury. This motion the court overruled. The case then proceeded to the close of the evidence, when the respondent challenged its sufficiency to sustain a judgment in favor of the appellant.…
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