Forsman v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered November 22, 1909, in favor of the defendant, upon granting a nonsuit in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in unloading barrels of tar.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while in the service of the defendant. At the close of his testimony the court, upon the motion of the defendant, dismissed the case. Plaintiff has appealed.
The respondent was engaged in cement and brick work upon the public streets of Seattle. The basis of the appellant’s claim for relief is that, at the time of the happening of the accident, he was working for the respondent as a common laborer ; that he had been so employed for something over a day; that while engaged in wheeling sand, he was called by the…
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