Juul v. Kitsap Transportation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered July 2, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger while landing from a steamboat.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On July 28, 1907, the respondent took passage on one of the steamboats of the appellant transportation company at Seattle, in King county, for the purpose of going to Lisabeula, in Kitsap county. On arriving at the point last named, the boat made a starboard landing *157at the public wharf for the purpose of discharging passengers. The tide was low when the boat reached the wharf, and the gang plank was extended from the hurricane deck cf the boat to the wharf, and was even then inclined somewhat steeply, the ascent being towards the wharf. The respondent’s evidence tended to show that, as he was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bailey v. Seattle & Renton Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1903