Bailey v. Tacoma Traction Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce County.—Hon. John C. Stallcup, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dunbar, J.
This is an action brought by the respondent against the Tacoma Traction Company, for personal damages caused by the alleged negligence of the appellant in operating its electric street railway cars.
Stripped of all verbiage and unnecessary repetitions, the undisputed facts in the case are about as follows : The appellant owns and operates a system of street railways. The system is operated by electricity. The cars start on single trunk lines at a point near the center of the city of Tacoma, running southward a distance of about four miles to a…
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