Fowler v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered July 12, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a collision with a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Respondent, a teamster of twenty years experience, was driving an express wagon north on Broad street, in the city of Seattle. He was driving along the east car track, the west track being, at the time, used for cars going both north and south. As he approached Seventh avenue north and when from thirty-five to fifty feet from the crossing, he looked and saw a street car approaching from the south. It was about a block and a half away as he then estimated the distance. A subsequent inspection and estimate fixed the distance at from three hundred to three hundred and ninety feet.
When respondent…
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