· 12/20/1907
Withiam v. Tenino Stone Quarries
Citations
- 48 Wash. 127
- 92 P. 900
- 1907 Wash. LEXIS 871
Syllabus
<p>Master and Servant — Contributory Negligence — Obedience to Commands — Question tor Jury. Where an. employee was injured in the fall of a scaffold through the negligence of a foreman in ordering him to knock a brace loose from the scaffold, whether obedience to the command was so hazardous as to preclude a recovery was for the jury, and their verdict is conclusive.</p>
Judges: Rudkin
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