Coats v. Seattle Electric Co.

Action for personal injuries. The plaintiff was nonsuited below, on motion of the defendant at the close of plaintiff’s evidence. The facts as shown, by the record are substantially as follows: The respondent operates a double line of street railway, on Jackson stréet, in the city of Seattle. This street runs east and west, and was paved with lumber between the outer rails of the two tracks. The remainder of the street, om each side of the railway line, was very muddy, almost impassable, so- that teams traveling' along the street used the portion occupied by the railway.

On the evening of…