Mullin v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Snell, J., entered March 26, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of plaintiff for personal injuries sustained by a “fire knocker” through the bumping together of engines over a cinder pit.
1Opinion of the CourtDurban, J.
Accepting appellant’s statement, this action was brought to recover damages on account of injuries received by plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant railway company. Plaintiff was 'employed as a fire knocker, at the round house of the company, and worked in what is known as the “cinder pit.” The pit extended the . full width under the railroad track, and upon this track engines were “spotted” over the pit, for the purpose of having fire boxes cleaned and cinders raked out. The plaintiff was cleaning the cinders out of one of the engines which *553had been moved upon this track, and…
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