Rice v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered April 21, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $4,000 for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant owns and operates a system of street railways in the city of Seattle. The respondent was injured by the sudden stopping of one of the appellant’s cars while a passenger thereon, and brought this action to recover in damages for the injury so received. At the trial, the jury returned a verdict in the respondent’s favor in the *48sum of $4,000, on which judgment was entered. This appeal followed.
The accident occurred on the Third Avenue line of the appellant. There is a double track line on this street which crosses the James street cable line at James street. The cars whichever way…
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