Williams v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Bell, J., entered July 6, 1918, dismissing a cause of action on contract, on sustaining a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, after a trial on the merits to a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, Williams, seeks recovery of damages which he alleges resulted to him from the breach by the defendant railway company of an employment contract entered into by it with him. He set up in his complaint two causes of action, the first seeking damages for the alleged breach of the contract. We are here concerned only with the first cause of action. The case proceeded to trial, and at the close *345of the evidence introduced in behalf of the plaintiff, the trial court, upon motion made by counsel for the defendant challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support any recovery upon…
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