Brooks v. McCabe & Hamilton, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Xing county, Griffin, J., entered March 12, 1904, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial before the court without a jury, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a stevedore while storing grain in the hold of a ship’.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
Action for personal injuries. Plaintiff obtained a judgment for $450 in the court below. Defendant *63appeals. The cause was tried to the court without a jury. The facts are substantially as follows: On the 14th day of November, 1902, respondent was in the employ of appellant, storing away grain in the hold of a steamship. Respondent had worked at this kind of work for several months. He had been employed at this job for four or five days. It was his duty, with other employees, to receive bags of grain on a table, in the hold of the ship. The bags were delivered upon the table by means of a…
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