Neal v. Phoenix Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Webster, J., entered December 20, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for the death of an employee in a mill, drowned in the wheel pit through the negligent construction of the penstock.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The plaintiffs are respectively the widow and minor daughter of Charles Neal, deceased. Charles Neal was drowned in the wheel pit at the defendant’s mill, while in its employ, on April 2, 1910. It is charged that he lost his life in consequence of the negligence of the defendant. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $13,500. The defendant has appealed.
Succinctly stated, the complaint alleges that the appellant corporation is engaged in the operation of a sawmill, the motive power being furnished by the waters of the Spokane river, conducted through a flume into a…
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