Cole v. Washington Water Power Co.

Citations

• 119 Wash. 29
• 204 P. 1060
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 1232

Syllabus

<p>Street Railroads (22) — Collision at Crossing — Proximate Cause. The failure to sound a street car signal on approaching a street crossing cannot he ascribed as the proximate cause of collision between the car and an automobile, where both the driver and an occupant of the automobile were aware of the approach of the car in sufficient time to have avoided the collision.'</p> <p>Same (20) — Collision at Crossing — Contributory Negligence. One driving an automobile toward a street car line, at a rate of speed slow enough to permit of his stopping the automobile after seeing a street ear approaching the crossing, is guilty of contributory negligence in a collision resulting from his driving upon the track, irrespective of whether the street car may have been exceeding the speed limit, and his negligence is imputable to his employers who were occupants of the automobile.</p>