Harris v. Puget Sound Electric Railway
Harris v. Puget Sound Electric Railway
Opinion of the Court
This action was brought to recover for personal injuries received by Otto Harris, in the same collision in which his father was killed, as stated in Harris v. Puget Sound Elec. R., ante p. 289, 100 Pac. 838. The case was tried to the court and a jury, resulting in a judgment in favor of respondent for $2,000. The defendant appeals.
The same points are presented in this case as were presented in that case. The decision in that case controls this. The further point is made in this case, however, that there
Rudkin, C. J., Crow, Fullerton, Gose, and Dunbar, JJ., concur.
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- Otto Harris, by his Guardian Ad Litem, Annie Harris v. Puget Sound Electric Railway
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- Carriers — Passengers—Employee Riding on Pass — Employment —Question for Jury. In an action for injuries sustained by the son of the foreman of a bonder gang, riding to his work upon a pass granting transportation to the foreman and five employees, there is sufficient evidence to go to the jury on the question whether the foreman was authorized to employ the son, under a contract to pay $1.50 a day and furnish transportation, where the boy testified that such was the contract and the pass showed on its face authority to carry other employees. Same — Who Are Passengers — Burden op Proof. Where an employee is rightfully on a train as a passenger, he is entitled to be carried as such unless the waiver of his rights is shown.