North Bend Lumber Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered February 3, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for property injured and destroyed by fire.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In the year 1910, the appellant, Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway Company constructed a branch line of railway between Moncton, in King county, and the city of Everett. The work was under the control of the appellant H. C. Henry, and he employed one Carlson *234and certain others to do the clearing and grading for the railway track over a portion of the way, the particular portion lying between points technically designated as stations 122 and 171. Carlson entered upon the performance of the work, and during the progress thereof, a fire broke out in the vicinity of his place of work…
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