Legal Opinion
Muldoon v. Seattle City Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 30, 1893No. 941PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from Superior Court, King Comity.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
In this case the bare legal question is up for determination, whether a person riding upon a public street car, upon a free pass, can recover for personal injuries suffered by him through the negligence of the street railroad company’s servant, when the pass had printed upon the back of it such a condition as the following:
“The person accepting this pass assumes all risks of accidents, and expressly agrees that the company shall not be liable, under any circumstances, whether by negligence of their agents or otherwise, for injury to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Railway Co. v. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Nolan v. . Brooklyn City Newtown R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Jacobus v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1873
- Rose v. Des Moines Valley R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1874
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Peterson v. Seattle Traction Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1900
- Walther v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1911
- Payne v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1902
- Stone v. Union Pacific RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1907
- Harris v. Puget Sound Electric RailwayWashington Supreme Court · 1909
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