Prink v. Longview, Portland & Northern Railway Co.

The plaintiff Prink seeks recovery of damages for personal injuries suffered by him, alleged as the result of the negligence of his employer, the defendant railway company, while obeying a command of its foreman under whom he was working. Trial upon the merits in the superior court for Cowlitz county, sitting with a jury, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of Prink, from which the railway company has appealed to this court. The two main questions with reference to which it is necessary to state the facts of the case in some detail are: First, as to whether Prink’s employment was so…