Bardshar v. Seattle Electric Co.

Citations

• 72 Wash. 200
• 130 P. 101
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1432

Syllabus

<p>Street Railroads — Accident at Crossing — Collision with Automobile — Contributory Negligence of Driver — Evidence—Sufficiency. A chauffeur, whose car was hit by an electric car at a city crossing, as he started to cross the tracks behind another electric car discharging passengers on a parallel track, is guilty of contributory negligence, precluding any recovery, where his view on approaching the crossing was unobstructed for a distance of eight blocks, and he could have seen the approaching car if he had looked for it, but he failed to do so when he had the opportunity, and undertook to cross the track from behind the standing car where bis view was. obstructed without having observed the other ear.</p>