Weir v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered July 8, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered, in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, after a trial on the merits, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in a fall from a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
On the evening of December 15, 1904, the plaintiff became a passenger on one of the defendant’s First avenue cars, in the city of Seattle, with a view of reaching his home on Virginia street. First avenue and Virginia street intersect at right angles. Immediately south of the south line of Virginia street there is a switch on the First avenue line where the cars turn from First avenue into Virginia street. The outgoing cars on the First avenue line stop at this switch, but do not, as a rule, stop on the north side of *659Virginia street. The incoming ears, on the other hand, stop at the north…
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