Coughlin v. Weeks

Citations

• 75 Wash. 568
• 135 P. 649
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 2249

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Use of Streets — Automobiles—Negligence — Question for Jury. The negligence of an automobile driver in running down pedestrians at a crossing, and also their contributory negligence, is for the jury, where plaintiffs’ evidence was to the effect that the automobile was approaching along the north side of the street, as required by the city ordinance, at the time they started to cross the street, and that the automobile turned to the south side of the street, where the accident occurred while both parties were trying to avoid a collision.</p> <p>Trial — Verdict—Sealed Verdicts — Poll of Jury — Deliberations. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 359, providing that either party may poll the jury, and if the verdict does not have the assent of ten jurors, they shall be returned to the jury room for further deliberation, applies to the receipt of a sealed verdict, notwithstanding the jury had been allowed to separate, where they had reassembled to present the verdict.</p>