Christensen v. Union Trunk Line

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

On October 27, 1891, the appellant was the owner of an electric street car line, and was operating the same on South Fourteenth street, in the city of Seattle. Upon this street, which runs north and south, there is an elevation known as Beacon Hill, from the top of which the railway track descended towards the north on a grade of about ten per cent., according to the evidence. From the crest of the hill northward, that part of the street that was *76usually traveled was on the east side of the street car track. Between Canal and Lane streets,…