Peterson v. W. C. Dawson & Co.

Citations

• 119 Wash. 505
• 205 P. 835
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 791

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant (110) — Injury to Servant — Contributory Negligence — Knowledge of Defects. A longshoreman, injured by the fall of ties when a top-heavy tackle load was received in the hold of a ship, is guilty of contributory negligence, where he observed the danger and unnecessarily assumed a dangerous position to release the tackle.</p>