Robinson v. Silver Lake Railway & Lumber Co.

The plaintiff, Robinson, seeks recovery of damages from the defendant railway and lumber company. Robinson’s first cause of action is rested upon the theory of damages suffered by him as the result of the company’s negligently failing to catch and hold, in its sheer log boom in the Cowlitz river, downstream floating logs belonging to .him, in violation of its public service duty owing to him in pursuance of his request for such service; and, in substance, in the alternative, upon the theory of such negligence being in violation of the company’s contract duty owing to him, even apart from the…