Gardner v. Porter
Washington Supreme Court
' Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Poindexter, J., entered March 81, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee at the intersection of a tramway track, through being struck by a rail torn from the track by a passing train.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The defendants constituted a copartnership under the firm name of Porter Brothers, and at the time of the injury the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendants. The plaintiff was working for the defendants at the terminal grounds of the Spokane & Inland Railway Company, at Perry *159street in the city of Spokane, where the defendants were engaged in filling and grading said terminal grounds. For the furtherance of their operations at that place, the defendants had a tramway track for moving small cars from one part of the grounds to…
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