Houston v. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin TJ. Gantenbein, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Mc-Camant. This is an action for personal injuries, brought by Mary M. Houston against H. L. Keats and W. N. Jones, partners as H. L. Keats Auto Company. It appears from the evidence that on August 1, 1915, plaintiff got off a south-bound car at the intersection of Union Avenue and Broadway in the city of Portland, intending to transfer to a Broadway car.
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From Multnomah: Calvin TJ. Gantenbein, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Mc-Camant. This is an action for personal injuries, brought by Mary M. Houston against H. L. Keats and W. N. Jones, partners as H. L. Keats Auto Company. It appears from the evidence that on August 1, 1915, plaintiff got off a south-bound car at the intersection of Union Avenue and Broadway in the city of Portland, intending to transfer to a Broadway car. About the time that she reached the curb one of the defendants’ automobiles ran her down, pushing her violently against a telegraph pole. It is conceded…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McCamant
The assignments of error most insisted upon are based on the denial of defendants’ motions for a non-suit and for a directed verdict. It is contended that there is no evidence that Chance was in the employ of defendants, that they exercised any control over him or that he was engaged in any undertaking in which the defendants were interested at the time when plaintiff was injured. The evidence is to the effect that defendants rent from the Wemme Estate a two-story building on Broadway in the city of Portland extending from Burnside to Couch Street. Chance applied to the defendants in July,…
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