Garver v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered January 19, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, in an action for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by John T. Garver against Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation, and Charles A. Rose-brook, its yard master, to recover damages for personal injuries. From a directed verdict and judgment in favor of the defendants, the plaintiff has appealed.
The appellant, an employee of a transfer company, was injured while unloading freight from a car of the defendant railway company. The trial judge sustained the respondents’ motion for a directed verdict, and' the only question before us is whether it erred in so doing. The respondents, *520although denying their original liability, pleaded a…
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