Burian v. Seattle Electric Co.

Tlie opinion of the court was delivered by

Hadley, J.

The respondent is the% owner and operator of a system of street railways in the city of Seattle, and on the 11th day of November, 1900, was engaged in the operation of a line of cars along Madison street, in said city. The westerly end of Madison street is near the waters of Puget Sound, from which point said street proceeds in a northeasterly course, and ascends, for a distance of many blocks, the sloping side of a very high hill. The respondent’s cars are moved up and down the slope of said hill along Madison street by means of an…