Helliesen v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered February 2, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian struck by a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
On September 17, 1907, the respondent left the place where she was temporarily employed, to go to her home on the comer of Pine street and Bellevue avenue, Seattle. She walked west on the north side of Pine street, until she came to Bellevue avenue. When she reached the east side of Bellevue avenue, she saw two cars, one headed east and the *279other west on the west side of Bellevue, which it appears was the usual stopping place for cars at that street intersection. She was then living on the southwest corner of these two streets, and thinking she had time to cross the track, before the…
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