Blakney v. Seattle Electric Co.

Citations

• 28 Wash. 607
• 68 P. 1037
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 525

Syllabus

<p>STREET RAILWAY-INJURY TO PASSENGER-NEGLIGENCE-SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover for injuries received while a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars, where the negligence alleged was in suddenly starting the car so as to throw plaintiff from the platform, the plaintiff should be non-suited when the evidence shows she attempted to alight from the car while it was in motion, without having notified the conductor of her desire to get off, and was thrown or fell upon the street; 'all the testimony, aside from that of plaintiff, being that there was no sudden starting of the car sufficient to throw a passenger from the platform.</p>