Scobba v. City of Seattle

— The plaintiffs sued the city of Seattle and the Northern Pacific Railway Company for damages, as the result of a collision between a Northern Pacific train and a city bus, on which the plaintiff husband was a passenger. The complaint alleged that the proximate cause of the collision was the concurring negligence of the railroad company, acting through its engineer, and of the city, acting through its bus driver. This was admitted by the city. The railroad company denied that the proximate cause of the collision was the concurring negligence of the company and the city. It admitted that the…