Gray v. Washington Water Power Co.

Citations

• 27 Wash. 713
• 68 P. 360
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 445

Syllabus

<p>NEGLIGENCE-PROXIMATE CAUSE-RUNAWAY HORSE-COLLISION WITH PROJECTING CAR TRACKS.</p> <p>Where plaintiff was injured as a result of ber borse running away and dashing tbe wheels of ber buggy against tbe projecting rails of a street railway, tbe action of tbe court in setting aside a verdict in ber favor and granting a new trial, on tbe ground that tbe running away of tbe borse and tbe loss of its control was tbe proximate cause of the accident, was erroneous.</p> <p>NEW TKIAL-GBOUNDS-BEVIEW ON APPEAL.</p> <p>Although a motion for a new trial may have presented several grounds therefor, yet where the court distinctly confines its ruling to but one of the grounds named, and that a question of law, the supreme court will not on appeal, on overruling the motion upon the ground sustained by the lower court, look into other grounds assigned to ascertain whether the motion should have been sustained upon any of them.</p>