Deniff v. Charles R. McCormick & Co.

This is an action brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff while she was traveling as a passenger on the steamship “Willamette,” from San Francisco to Portland. The cause being at issue upon all the material averments of plaintiff’s complaint, a jury trial was had, resulting in a verdict in favor of plaintiff, upon which judgment was entered. Defendant appeals.

Defendant assigns numerous errors, the most important of which relate to the denial of defendant’s motion for a judgment of nonsuit against plaintiff, and to the refusal of the trial court to direct a…