Denny v. Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered January 11, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by the driver of a wagon through collision with a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
The defendant railway company owns and operates a line of street railway on Rainier avenue, in the city of Seattle. On the 10th day of May, 1909, the plaintiff drove his team along the easterly side of this avenue to its intersection with Dearborn street, at which point he turned into the latter street and proceeded to cross the tracks *427upon which the defendant company operates its cars. Before doing so, however, he looked in both directions and saw ■one of the defendant’s cars approaching at a distance of ■about two blocks to the north, and thinking that he would have ample time to cross the…
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