Blue v. Portland Ry. Light & Power Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is an action by Ada E. Blue against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, to recover damages for a personal injury.
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is an action by Ada E. Blue against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, to recover damages for a personal injury. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant is a corporation, and engaged in operating street cars by electricity in Portland; that on May 31, 1909, the plaintiff was a passenger in one of its cars going west on Belmont street, which car was negligently managed by only one servant, when more employes were required for that purpose; that the person who was then acting as motorman…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
Before considering the exceptions relied upon to secure a reversal of the judgment, a brief description of a section of the defendant’s railway near and at the place where the injury occurred, of the management of the car at that time, and of plaintiff’s movements immediately prior thereto will be given. A double track extends from the Willamette River easterly along Belmont street to Sixtieth street, at Mt. Tabor, which place appears to be a terminus of that line of railway. Twenty-one blocks west of this eastern limit, at Thirty-Ninth street, the tracks curve slightly to the south, at which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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