Card v. Wenatchee Valley Gas & Electric Co.

This action was prosecuted in the superior court for Chelan county, by the widow and minor child' of James W. Card, to recover damages which they allege resulted to them from his death, caused by the defendant’s negligent manner of maintaining its electric power transmission line. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, from which the defendant has appealed. The contentions of counsel for appellant all go to their claim that the trial court erred in refusing to take the case from the jury and decide it in appellant’s favor, as a matter…