Jobe v. Spokane Gas & Fuel Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Easterday, J., entered May 15, 1912, upon withdrawing the case from the jury, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a powder man through a delayed explosion in blasting.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. It is here on appeal from a judgment withdrawing the case from the jury and dismissing the action. We will therefore throughout designate the appellant as plaintiff, the respondent as defendant. The evidence in many particulars was conflicting. That, however, is immaterial to the present inquiry, since we must accord verity to the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff and give it its full probative effect.
There was evidence from which the jury might have found the following facts. The defendant was engaged in excavating a trench,…
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