Armstrong v. Spokane International Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Oswald, J., entered March 2, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained through a collision with a train.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, C. J.
This is an action for personal injuries. The facts briefly are these. Defendant’s railway tracks cross Napa street, in the city of Spokane, at its intersection with Broadway. Plaintiff, at about 8:30 o ’clock on the evening of July 22, 1916, was driving his automobile north on Napa street. At the crossing of these tracks a collision occurred between his automobile and the rear end of one of defendant’s trains, destroying the automobile and causing the injuries to plaintiff of which he complains. The negligence alleged was backing the train through a cut onto the crossing at a high rate of…
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