Sturgeon v. Tacoma Eastern Railroad

Citations

• 51 Wash. 124
• 98 P. 87
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 980

Syllabus

<p>Trial — Instructions in Writing —• Statutes — Construction. Where a stenographic report of instructions to the jury is made by a stenographer employed by both parties, he is sufficiently under the control of the court to constitute his report “instructions in writing”, within the meaning of Laws 1903, p. 119, § 1, requiring written instructions upon demand, provided that a stenographic report of the charge shall be considered a charge in writing. (Overruling McIntosh v. Sawmill Phoenix, 49 Wash. 152.)</p>