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· 11/19/1918

Johannessen v. Washington Water Power Co.

Citations

  • 104 Wash. 182
  • 176 P. 8
  • 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1161

Syllabus

<p>Street Railroads (30)- — • Operation — Actions for Injuries — Contributory Negligence of Pedestrian — Question for Jury. The contributory negligence of a pedestrian struck by an interurban train is a question for the jury, where be looked and saw no train for a distance of 1,500 feet, and walked parallel with the track 140 feet, and started to cross without again looking (Mount and Mackintosh, JJ., dissenting).</p>

Judges: Chadwick, Fullerton, Holcomb, MacKintosh, Main, Mitchell, Mount, Parker, Tolman

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