Hendrickson v. Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered October 21, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger entering a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff seeks recovery of damages claimed by him to be the result of negligence of the defendant in the operation of one of its street cars while he was in the act of entering the car with the view of becoming a passenger thereon. The trial in the superior court with a jury resulted in verdict and judgment against the defendant for the sum of $2,500, from which it has appealed to this court.
Counsel for appellant first contend that the verdict and judgment must fall for want of evidence to support them. There is competent evidence, though by no means free from conflict, tending to show,…
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