Jones v. City of Seattle

Respondent’s decedent was a passenger upon a municipal street car, operated by the appellant, on July 11, 1925. The car was going south on West Marginal Way, a public street, at about 3:30 in the afternoon. The car track was a single line located in the middle of the street. The easterly side of the street was unpaved, and west of the car track was a paved strip or roadway nineteen feet wide, which was used by traffic going in both directions. The car was what is known as a “one man car,” using a right front entrance only for the ingress and egress of passengers. Oregon street is an…