Sullivan v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered March 7, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action against a street railway company for the death of a passenger permitted to alight from a car at a dangerous place while in an intoxicated condition.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the death of David Sullivan, who was the husband of the appellant Anna Sullivan, and father of the minor appellants. The death occurred by drowning, caused, it is alleged, by the negligence of the respondent.
The respondent operates street car- lines in the city of Seattle, and suburban lines from that city to the neighboring towns. One of such lines extends from the city of Seattle in a northerly direction to Fremont. This line passes along the west edge of Lake Union, being constructed on an open trestle over the waters of the lake. The line…
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