Anderson v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.

Citations

• 89 Wash. 83
• 154 P. 135
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 653

Syllabus

<p>Street Railroads — Collision at Crossing — Negligence—Evidence —Sueeiciency. Recovery for personal injuries, when plaintiffs automobile was hit by a street car, is sustained, where it appears, that, when plaintiff first attempted to cross the street car tracks ahead of the approaching street car, he had ample room and time to do so before the car reached the crossing, but, as he drove on the track, he was prevented from doing so by another auto truck turning in front of him and, had the motorman been alive to the changed condition, he could have prevented the collision; there being nothing to indicate contributory negligence.</p>