Laughlin v. Seattle Taxicab & Transfer Co.

Plaintiffs, while crossing Stewart street at Second avenue, in the city of Seattle, were struck by a taxicab driven by an employee of the defendant. Plaintiffs brought this action alleging negligence in several particulars, more particularly that the machine was driven at a speed greater than ten miles an hour and that no horn was blown *343or sounded, or warning given. Defendant plead and relied at the trial on the defense of contributory negligence. Stewart street is about thirty-five feet wide from curb to curb. When plaintiffs had taken a step or two into Stewart street, they saw the taxicab…