Greinert v. Lamont Investment Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Hinkle, J., entered October 6, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in excavating a well.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondents recovered a judgment against the appellants for personal'injuries received by the respondent August Greinert while in the employment of the appellant Lamont Investment Company.
The Lamont Investment Company is a public service corporation engaged in supplying the town of Lamont with water. The appellant Dan Morgan is its president. The corporation, to procure a supply of water, drilled a well near the town of Lamont, and sought to case it by driving casing into the drilled hole. A piece of the casing thus driven split in some manner and became fastened in the well, so that it…
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