Roberts v. Spokane Street Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

Plaintiff, by his guardian ad litem, commenced an action against defendant, a street railway company of Spokane, for personal injuries sustained through negligence of the company, and alleged that Spokane was a city with a population of over 30,000; that Riverside avenue, where the injury occurred, was one of the principal thoroughfares and public streets of the city, on which a large amount of business was transacted, and across which all the people of the city were accustomed and had a right to travel; that, by reason of the public use of…