Firebaugh v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Ring county, Morris, J., entered January 16, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in jumping from a street car to avoid danger from an exploding controller.
1Opinion of the Court
Dunbar, J
The action was brought by the respondent to recover damages "for personal injuries, sustained by jump>ing from a front platform of a street car operated by the appellant company, and on which he was a passenger. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendant carelessly and negligently used the said car when it was out of repair, in its motor power and in its appliances appertaining thereto; that while the plaintiff was such passenger on said car, by reason of defendant’s negligence, the controller, machinery, and appliances of said car exploded, and filled the…
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