Woodruff v. City of Seattle

The city of Seattle operates a double track street car railway on Fourteenth avenue, FT. W. The avenue is intersected at right angles by West Fiftieth street. Outbound cars run northerly on the east track and inbound cars run southerly on the west track. On October 25, about six o’clock in the afternoon, Warren H. Woodruff was a passenger on one of the outbound street cars, commonly called a one-man street car, that stopped at West Fiftieth street, the front platform used by patrons being upon the walkway crossing Fourteenth avenue, N. W. Mr. Woodruff and another passenger got off the car on…