Dye v. City of Seattle

The plaintiff Laura Dye, while riding as a guest in an automobile owned by the defendants DeMars, sustained injuries when the machine collided with a street car owned and operated by the defendant city. She brought this action, charging that the col lision was the result of negligence on the part of the motorman and gross negligence on the part of defendant John B. DeMars, who was driving the automobile.

At the close of plaintiff’s case, the court granted a motion for nonsuit interposed by defendant city, and entered a judgment of dismissal thereon. The case proceeded as against the defendants…