Peet v. Mills
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Everett Smith, J., entered October 25, 1912, dismissing an action in tort, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
By this appeal we are again called upon to review the workmen’s compensation act of 1911 (Laws 1911, *438p. 345; 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6604-1 et seq.), under appellant’s contention that the act is applicable only where recovery is sought upon the ground of negligence of the employer. The facts upon which appellant predicates his right of action are these: On January 22, 1912, while in the employ of the Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Company as motorman, he was injured in a collision between two of the railway company’s trains. Respondent was then the president of the railway company, and it…
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