Johnnsson v. American Tug Boat Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Alston, J., entered March 9, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff seeks recovery of damages which he claims resulted from defendant’s negligence in causing a raft of logs in tow of two of its tug boats to come into collision with and injure his fishing launch and gill net. Trial before the court and a jury resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant has appealed.
About eight o’clock in the evening of March 17, 1913, respondent was fishing with his launch and net in the waters of Puget Sound some two and a half miles from Mukilteo. The arm of the sound in which he was fishing is about four miles wide at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Louisiana v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Switzer v. SherwoodWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- Pearce v. Old Colony Steamboat Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1899
- The OliverDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1885
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