Whitehouse v. Bryant Lumber & Shingle Mill Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered October 4, 1907, upon granting a nonsuit at the close of plaintiff’s case, in an action for the wrongful death of an employee in a mill.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
This action is brought by the wife and surviving children of George H. Whitehouse, deceased, to recover damages from defendant for the alleged wrongful death of *564deceased. The complaint contains two general averments as a basis of the action for damages: (1) The failure of the defendant to guard a certain saw, in violation of the factory-act, and (2) the employment of an incompetent servant to-operate said saw. When the case was called for trial, on motion of defendant, the plaintiffs were compelled to elect upon which cause of action they should proceed, and they elected to proceed upon the…
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