Legal Opinion

Pattison v. Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 1, 1911No. 9262PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered August 2, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in a collision of street cars.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbae, C. J.

On the 5th day of August, 1906, while plaintiff was upon one of defendant’s cars proceeding from Columbia station southerly to Rainier Beach, at or near Dunlap station, the car upon which plaintiff was, collided with another car upon defendant’s railway line, and plaintiff was injured. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him, in the sum of $5,000, less the sum of $600 acknowledged to have been paid to plaintiff by the defendant. Defendant by answer alleged affirmatively, that on the 3d day of October, 1906, and prior to the commencement of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pattison v. Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Carroll v. FettyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Perrault v. Emporium Department Store Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Mandeville v. JacobsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
  4. Robinson v. Missouri Pacific Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1936
  5. Ennis v. BanksWashington Supreme Court · 1917

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