Davis v. Tacoma Railway & Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered February 21, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits, for $750 damages by reason of personal indignities inflicted in ordering plaintiff from a public resort.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, C. J.
This is an action for damages. The respondents, who were plaintiffs below, alleged in their complaint, that the appellant railway company was, in the year 1902, operating a line of street railway from the city of Tacoma to Spanaway Lake; that, for the purpose of increasing its passenger business, it had acquired certain lands at the lake named, which it had made into an attractive park, or place of resort, and had placed the appellants Shreeder & Green in charge thereof; that, on June 8th of the year named, the respondents, attracted by the announce- j ments for that particular day, visited…
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