Pearson v. Federal Mining & Smelting Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Albertson, J., entered June 2J, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000 damages sustained by an employee in a mine.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
— Action for personal injuries. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $1,000 in the court below. De>feudaut appeals from a judgment entered on the verdict. At the close of plaintiff’s case, defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor. This motion was denied, and defendant elected to stand upon the case made by the plaintiff. The ease was thereupon submitted to the jury, and a verdict was returned as stated.
Appellant relies upon but one point, which is that -the trial *91court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in favor of appellant, upon the ground that the respondent assumed the risk…
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