Bortle v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered April 20,1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action, for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Respondents brought this action to recover for the death of their adult son, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant. The deceased was hostler’s helper at appellant’s round house at Tacoma. His work was assisting the hostler in taking engines from where they had been left by the road engineers, to the coal bunkers and ash pit. On the night of his death, he had assisted in moving two engines, and was engaged in moving the third, and when last seen alive was standing with his feet in the stirrups of the tank. When next seen he was lying on the ground unconscious, between…
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