Harder v. Matthews
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered September 14, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, in an action for injuries sustained in a collision with an automobile.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
Action for personal injuries. The trial court, at the close of the evidence for the plaintiff, directed a ver*488diet for the defendant, upon the ground that the plaintiff Marie Harder was guilty of contributory negligence on account of which she was injured. The action was therefore dismissed. Plaintiffs have appealed.
Mrs. Harder was struck by an automobile which was being driven by the defendant. Just prior to her injury, she was walking along the sidewalk upon the north side of Sprague avenue, in the city of Spokane. This avenue runs east and west. It is intersected at right angles by Madison…
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