Sanders v. Stimson Mill Co.

Citations

• 32 Wash. 627
• 73 P. 688
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 466

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT-INJURY OF SERVANT-NEGLIGENCE-SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE.</p> <p>In an action for damages for injuries received from the accidental discharge of a gun which defendant was alleged to have permitted a party of hunters to bring aboard a tugboat as passengers, the dismissal of the action was not error, when there was no testimony showing that the gun belonged to or was brought upon the boat by any of the hunters, of to whom it in fact belonged, or in what manner it had been discharged.</p> <p>SAME-INJURY TO SEAMAN-LIABILITY OE SHIP EOB EXPENSE OE CUBE.</p> <p>A seaman who receives an injury while in the service of the ship is, under maritime law, entitled to medical care, medicine, and ndrsing necessary in effecting a cure, at the expense of the ship, and in an action against the owner therefor, he is entitled to recover the amount expended, whether or not the owner’s negligence be proven, and regardless of whether he was nursed aboard ship or at his own home.</p>