Fischer v. Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered April 23, 1908, in favor of the defendant, after a trial on the merits before a jury, dismissing at the close of plaintiff’s case an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger riding on a freight engine.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries. There was a judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff has appealed. The complaint states that, on the 19th day of August, 1907, the respondent, a railway corporation, was a common carrier of freight and passengers for hire; that on such day it ac*463cepted the appellant as a passenger, and agreed to carry him from Taylor Station to a station called “Camp No. 3;” that while carrying him, the respondent carelessly and negligently permitted the train on which the appellant was riding to get beyond control and run…
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