Legal Opinion

Mathis v. Western Furniture Manufacturing Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1913No. 10871PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered April 27, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained- by an operator of a planer, after a trial to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.

Action under the factory act to recover damages for injury alleged to have been sustained because of appellant’s failure to guard a jointer or buzz-planer.

The appeal presents three questions. It is first urged that respondent was precluded from giving evidence of the service of the notice required by the act, because he did not serve a copy thereof upon appellant’s attorneys within ten *207days after demand for same. In support of this claim of error, appellant relies upon the provisions of § 284, Rem. & Bal. Code, reading as follows:

“It shall not be necessary for a party to set forth in a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Turner v. Great Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Laidley v. Wm. Musser Lumber & Manufacturing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Anderson v. DaltonWashington Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Anderson v. DaltonWashington Supreme Court · 1952

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