Simmons v. City of Seattle

The appellant, through her guardian at litem, sued the city of Seattle to recover for personal injuries. At the trial of the action, the jury returned a verdict in her favor, which the court set aside on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, thereafter entering a judgment of dismissal.

The city of Seattle owns and operates a municipal street railway system. A part of the system extends northerly and southerly along the east part of a street known as Westlake avenue. The railway tracks are doubled at this place, the east track being used for north-bound cars and the west for cars…