Edwards v. Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered April 11, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for $8,500 for personal injuries sustained by a passenger alighting from a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
— The respondent, Elizabeth F. Edwards, with her two young daughters, took passage in one of appellant’s cars to ride from a place near Rainier Beach, in King county, to Atlantic street, in the city of Seattle. As the car reached Atlantic street it stopped at the usual stopping place to permit passengers desiring to get off at that street to do so. The respondent thereupon, with her daughters, left her seat to get off the car. As she reached the place of exit, the conductor stepped off ahead of her and lifted her daughters to the ground, but as the respondent herself reached the steps, the…
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