Aubin v. Duluth Street Railway Co.

In 1902 a 1,200 foot viaduct was erected over certain railroad tracks which crossed Garfield avenue in Duluth. Double street railway tracks were laid and a single line of iron trolley poles set 121 feet apart was erected between the two tracks. They were used continually up to the time of the accident on August 14, 1924. The viaduct was 42.5 feet wide. The- poles, which- were 7f inches in diameter, were painted white for a distance of 6 feet from the ground. Decedent drove an automobile, in the nighttime, upon the viaduct when two other cars were traveling in the opposite direction. His left…