Osborn v. City of Seattle

These three actions arose out of a collision between an automobile and a street car owned and operated by the defendant. They were consoli dated for trial. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant challenged the sufficiency thereof and moved for a directed verdict. This motion was overruled. The defendant declined to offer any evidence and stood upon the record made by the plaintiffs. In each case, the jury returned a verdict against the defendant. In the J. L. Osborn case the verdict was for $1,075. In that of W. A. Osborn and wife $1,590, and in that of J. L. Osborn and…