Sipes v. Puget Sound Electric Railway
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered April 11, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a conductor of a railway train through a collision.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
The Puget Sound Electric Railway operates a third-rail electric railroad between the cities of Tacoma and Seattle, a distance of thirty-six miles, over which in the neighborhood of one hundred trains of all classes are run daily. Regular passenger trains make the distance between the two cities in one hour and twenty-five minutes. The defendant Dimmock is manager of the road, and, among other things, is charged with the duty of promulgating rules and regulations to insure the safe operation of traiñs. The respondent, Sipes, was at the times hereinafter mentioned a conductor on one of the…
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