Herrick v. Washington Water Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered March 18, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian run over by a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action for personal injuries, sustained by the plaintiff by being run over by one of the defendant’s street cars. The facts material to the discussion are as follows. The defendant owns and operates a double track street car iine on Front avenue, in the city of Spokane, which runs east and west. On August 1, 1911, at about one o’clock in the morning, the plaintiff was lying upon Front avenue, between Max'ket street and Division street, at a point estimated by different witnesses at from 50 to 150 feet east of Division street, which crosses Front avenue at a right angle, with his…
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