Legal Opinion

McEvilla v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1917No. 13537PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered December 2, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages sustained in a collision with a street car.

1Opinion of the Court

Main, J. —

The purpose of this action was to recover damages for personal injuries, and also damages to property. The cause was tried to the court and a jury. The verdict *658was in favor of the plaintiff, in the sum of eight hundred dollars. A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict having been made and overruled, judgment was entered upon the vérdict. From this judgment the defendant appeals.

The facts out of which the action arose are substantially these: Sometime during the afternoon of April the 19th, 1915, an automobile, driven by the respondent, collided with a street car, owned and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Helliesen v. Seattle Electric Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Fluhart v. Seattle Electric Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Silverstein v. AdamsWashington Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Mouso v. Bellingham & Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Herrett v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Ebling v. Otto NielsenWashington Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Kent v. Walla Walla Valley Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1919

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