Weckter v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered March 8, 1909, in favor» of the defendants, by direction of the court, after a trial before the court and a jury, in an action to recover for the death of a railway brakeman.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
On the 10th day of October, 1908, H. A. Weckter, husband of the plaintiff, Amelia M. Weckter, was in the employ of the Great Northern Railway Company as a brakeman, and met his death on the evening of that day while in the performance of his duty. This action was instituted against the company and one of its locomotive engineers to recover damages for wrongfully causing' the death. As near as can be ascertained froña the circumstantial evidence found in the record, the death of the brakeman resulted from a fall from the hindmost of three cars switched from what is called the passing track to…
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