Brown v. O.-W. R. & N. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Baker: William Smith, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is an action by P. J. Brown against the Oregon-Washington Railroad Company, a corporation, to recover for personal injuries sustained by him while loading his cattle upon defendant’s cars at Baker, Oregon.
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From Baker: William Smith, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is an action by P. J. Brown against the Oregon-Washington Railroad Company, a corporation, to recover for personal injuries sustained by him while loading his cattle upon defendant’s cars at Baker, Oregon. The circumstances attending the injury were as follows: In April, 1911, appellant maintained a row of stock pens at Baker, fronting on a loading track running north and south, with a runway in the rear of the pens leading to two loading pens, situated at the extreme south end of this row of cattle pens. Each of these…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
1. Was the defendant negligent in maintaining its loading pens without a running board? Under Article VII, Section 3, of the constitution, as amended in 1910 (Laws 1911, p. 7), if there is any evidence to support *401plaintiff’s contention of negligence in this respect, we are precluded from disturbing the verdict. From the testimony adduced by plaintiff we are advised that the top of the loading pen is 5 or 6 feet from the ground, and that superimposed upon this a plank 2 by 12 or 2 by 14 inches is spiked to the top of the posts, which plank is called a running board, and is placed in that…
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