White v. Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
■ Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered December £, 1908, in favor of the defendant, by direction of the court, upon withdrawing the case from the jury, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a stone quarry.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover damages on account of personal injuries which he alleged were caused by the negligence of the defendant while working in its stone quarry. The cause proceeded to trial before the court and a jury, when, at the close of the evidence produced by plaintiff, upon motion of defendant’s attorneys, the court discharged the jury from the consideration of the case and entered judgment in defendant’s favor as to the first cause of action; from which order and judgment the plaintiff has appealed to this court. The cause was continued for trial upon the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cully v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1904
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- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. TuckerTexas Supreme Court · 1908
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