Sievers v. Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

Action for damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered by reason of the appellant, which is a navigation company, failing to carry the respondent Wilhelmina Sievers to her destination, and wrongfully putting her off of one of its boats on to an island in the Columbia river, where, through exposure to the elements, she became sick and suffered the damages complained of. Summons was served upon George Woodbury, the purser, and Oscar Johnson, the wharfinger of the company, at Vancouver, as agents of said company. Thereafter defendant…