Jones v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Cross-appeals from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Rice, J., entered July 25, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries sustained by the driver of a team at a railroad crossing, and from an order granting a new trial unless the plaintiff accepts a reduction in the amount.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This action was commenced to recover damages for personal injuries, suffered by the plaintiff in consequence of the alleged negligence of the defendants. There was a verdict in his favor, which the court reduced in entering the judgment. Each of the parties has appealed.
The negligence charged is that the defendants own a right of way, roadbed, and railway, within the city of Spokane; that the roadbed where the accident happened is in a deep cut which is spanned by an overhead bridge; that the franchise granted by the city permitting the construction of the railway required the erection of an…
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