Larson v. Kieburtz
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from .a judgment of the superior court for King county, Myers, J., entered May 8, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries sustained by an employee on a tramway.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
In September, 1911, appellants were engaged in the construction of a reservoir at Seattle, and respondent was in their employ. This reservoir was being constructed on Beacon hill some distance south of the city, and in order to best assemble the material used in the construction, appellants built a tramway from tide water to the reservoir site. This tramway was about a half mile in length. Its eastern end was at an elevation of three hundred and eighteen *232feet. At this end was an engine which operated a cable, to which two tramcars were connected in such a manner that, when one car was at the…
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