Johnston v. Elmore

Plaintiffs recovered judgment for damages sustained by reason of injuries inflicted when plaintiff Emma Johnston was struck by defendants’ automobile, and defendants appeal.

It is urged that there was insufficient evidence to justify the verdict. The evidence offered by respondent was, in its salient features, as follows: The respondent, Emma Johnston, seeking to cross Broadway in Seattle from the east to the west side, for the purpose of boarding a street car, went to the crosswalk at the curb. Looking north, or to her right, she saw the car which she wished to take about a block away.…