Noelle v. Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Co.

Citations

• 47 Wash. 519
• 92 P. 372
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 801

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant—Factory Act—Certificate of Inspection-Evidence. The certificate issued by the commissioner of labor upon the inspection of a factory is only prima facie evidence that dangerous machinery therein has been guarded in compliance with the factory act.</p> <p>Witnesses—Privileged Communications—Physicians—Waiver. In an action for personal injuries, the plaintiff does not waive the right to object to testimony by his physician by the fact that he himself testified as to the cause and extent of his injuries and described them as he saw and felt them, without reference to what his physician told him; Bal. Code, § 5994, subd. 4, prohibiting such testimony by a physician without the consent of his patient (Root, J. and Hadley, C. • X, dissenting).</p>