Nath v. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered June 28, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in unloading coal cars.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, C. J.
Action by George Nath against the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company to recover damages for personal injuries. From a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor, the defendant has appealed.
For some years respondent had been working for appellant under written contract, unloading coal from cars into chutes. He employed his own help and was paid by the ton for coal *665handled. The chutes were located on an elevated trestle approached by a railway track having a ten per cent grade. On the trestle and opposite the chutes the track was practically level. Cars of coal were placed at the upper end of…
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