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· 4/11/1921

Duford v. City of Seattle

Citations

  • 115 Wash. 309
  • 197 P. 14
  • 1921 Wash. LEXIS 724

Syllabus

<p>Street Railroads (20)-—Operation—Accidents at Crossing—Contributory Negligence. The driver of a wagon was guilty of contributory negligence, where the road paralleled a street car track and he looked back and saw a street car about one to one and one-half blocks away approaching “pretty fast,” and after driving slowly a little farther, turned abruptly to cross the car track without noticing the proximity of the approaching car, which struck the wagon.</p>

Judges: Mitchell

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