McKean v. Chappell

Citations

• 56 Wash. 690
• 106 P. 184
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 873

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Contributory Negligence — Question por Jury. The contributory negligence of the plaintiff, the operator of the rigging for hauling logs from the pond to the mill, is for the jury, where the plaintiff’s witnesses were positive that he performed his duties in the proper and customary manner.</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Verdict. The verdict of a jury upon conflicting evidence is conclusive on appeal, when supported by substantial evidence.</p> <p>Master and Servant — Injury to Servant — Proximate Cause. The wet and slippery condition of the floor of a mill about the rigging to haul logs from the pond, which caused the plaintiff to slip and fall, is not the proximate cause of the injury, where in falling his hand struct a stranded wire cable and the wire pierced his glove and carried him around the drum; hut the defective condition of the cable was the cause.</p>