Glover v. Richardson & Elmer Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered November 4, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiif, in an action for personal injuries sustained through the collapse of a wagon hired by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On July 5, 1910, the respondent, then in the employment of the Seattle-Tacoma Power Company as a lineman, was working in an alley in the city of Seattle, stringing new light lines to take the place of old ones that had been broken and torn down during the time of a fire occurring a few days before. Some days before, a tool box containing working tools and fixtures had been brought into the alley and deposited-by the side of the way. During the course of the day named, the respondent was searching for some tool or fixture in the box, when a team hitched to a wagon loaded with lumber was driven…
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