Briscoe v. Washington-Oregon Corp.

Citations

• 84 Wash. 29
• 145 P. 995
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 743

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Review—Harmless Error — Error Not Affecting Result. Error in instructions to tbe jury is harmless, where the case should have been taken from the consideration of the jury, or no other verdict could be sustained.</p> <p>Municipal Corporations — Streets — Negligent Use — Collision With Street Car — Contributory Negligence — Evidence — Sufficiency. The driver of an automobile was guilty of contributory negligence precluding any recovery, where it appears that, in making a right angle turn, he drove his car upon a street car track directly in front of an approaching street car, which was in plain sight, and was unable to stop in time to avoid a collision; his negligence being the proximate cause of the accident regardless of the speed of the approaching street car.</p>