Gray v. Washington Water Power Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mount, J.

Upon the trial of this cause below, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. A motion for a new trial was subsequently filed by defendant. Upon the hearing of this motion an order was entered granting defendant a new trial. Prom this order plaintiffs appeal.

The facts which must have been found by the jury are briefly these. On May 2, 1901, appellant, Mrs. Gray, in company with a Mrs. Raub, was driving in a one-horse buggy along the streets of Spokane. Her horse became frightened at other horses, got beyond her control and ran…