MacDonald v. City of Seattle

— At the intersection of Third avenue and Wall street, in Seattle, the plaintiff was injured and his automobile wrecked by coming into collision with a street car. Plaintiff’s suit for damages was tried before a jury, and the defendant has appealed from a judgment against it.

The jury might have concluded the facts to be as follows: Third avenue runs northerly and southerly and intersects Wall street, which runs easterly and westerly; both streets being prominent thoroughfares. There is a double street car track on Third avenue. The respondent was driving westerly on Wall street, and thus…