Knudsen v. Moe Bros.

Citations

• 66 Wash. 118
• 119 P. 27
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1023

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Negligence—Contributory Negligence— Obedience to Orders — Evidence—Question eor Jury. In an action for personal injuries sustained by a loader of logs through the fall of a log from the load, the negligence of the master and contributory negligence are for the jury, where it appears that plaintiff loaded a car to its capacity, but the foreman ordered another log put on, to which the plaintiff at first objected because it would not stay on, but finally deferred to the foreman’s judgment, putting on another log in the presence of the foreman, which afterwards fell oil and struck the plaintiff while he was setting a brake in the discharge of his duties.</p>