Goninon v. Lee

Citations

• 119 Wash. 471
• 206 P. 2
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 818

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (381, 392) — Use of Streets — Rate of Speed — Instructions. Error cannot he predicated upon an Instruction as to negligence in case the maximum speed was exceeded, where there was evidence from which the jury could reasonably conclude that the limit was being exceeded.</p> <p>Same (380, 392) — Use of Streets — Ordinances—Crossings—Instructions. In an action by a pedestrian, struck by an automobile when about to hoard a street car stopping near a crossing, it is proper to instruct that a traffic ordinance as to the right of way “at any crossing,” does not mean the exact mathematical lines of the street, but means close proximity to the line where a prudent person would have a right to be when proceeding to step upon a street car at the crossing.</p>