Legal Opinion

Duteau v. Seattle Electric Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 1907No. 6550PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered May 31, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger through being struck by a street car.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.

The plaintiif, soon after alighting from a street car operated by the defendant company in the city of Seattle, was struck by another car operated by the, same company, going in the opposite direction on a parallel track, and received certain personal injuries which it is unnecessary to state in detail here. This action was brought to recover damages for the injuries thus received. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant on the verdict of a jury, and from this judgment the plaintiif has appealed.

Error is assigned, (1) in the giving of two instructions to be presently noted; (2) in the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Linbeck v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Traver v. Spokane Street Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Howe v. West Seattle Land & Improvement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1899
  4. State v. MyersWashington Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Lownsdale v. Gray's Harbor Boom Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  2. Stotts v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Elder, Receiver v. Rutledge, Admx.Indiana Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Skinner v. Tacoma Railway & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Ogilvie v. HongWashington Supreme Court · 1933

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