Lloyd v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Franklin county, Truax, J., entered September 14, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages to an automobile, struck by a train at a crossing.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, Lloyd, seeks recovery of damages for injury to his automobile, claimed to have been caused by the negligent operation of one of the trains of the defendant railway company, at a public crossing in the village of Eltopia, in Franklin county. Trial in the superior court for that county, sitting with a jury, resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant has appealed to this court.
Respondent’s automobile was being driven by Richard Colley, on Sunday, June 24, 1917, when it was struck by one of appellant’s trains, causing the injury thereto for…
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