Boyer v. Northern Pacific Coal Co.

Citations

• 27 Wash. 707
• 68 P. 348
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 444

Syllabus

<p>INJUEY TO MINOR SERVANT-ASSUMPTION OF RISK-QUESTION FOE JUEY.</p> <p>■ Whether a boy fourteen years of age had intelligence and experience enough to appreciate the danger of getting between two cars in a coal mine drawn by a wild mule to operate the brakes thereon, in the performance of work required of him by the mine superintendent without haying been informed of its dangerous character, is a question for the jury, as the question of his assumption of an obyious risk would depend upon the degree of his intelligence and experience, and is not a matter of law, but one of fact for the jury to determine.</p>