Hoyer v. Spokane United Railways

The plaintiff, Hoyer, seeks recovery of damages for personal injuries alleged as suffered by him from the negligent operation of a street car of the defendant, Spokane United Railways. Trial upon the merits in the superior court for Spokane county, sitting with a jury, proceeded until the conclusion of the evidence introduced in behalf of the plaintiff, when counsel for the defendant, by appropriate motion, challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain any recovery against the defendant, asked that the court so decide as a matter of law, and that judgment of dismissal be entered in…