Lawson v. Seattle & Renton Railway Co.

Respondents, constituting a community, sued appellant to recover for personal injuries to respondent Bernard Lawson. The complaint alleges, that said respondent took passage upon one of the electric railway cars owned and operated by appellant; that he went aboard the car at the comer of Second avenue and Washington street, in the city of Seattle, for the purpose of riding to his home in Central Seattle; that the car was crowded with passengers, so that he could neither obtain a seat nor stand inside the car; and that he was compelled by reason of said crowded condition to ride, and did ride,…