Johnson v. Seattle Electric Co.
Citations
- 35 Wash. 382
- 77 P. 677
- 1904 Wash. LEXIS 459
Syllabus
<p>Carriers — Negligence—Injury to Passenger on Street Car— Degree oe Caee Required oe Company — Instructions, In an notion for personal injuries sustained by a passenger while alighting from a street car, it is error to instruct that while the company is not an insurer, the law calls upon it to do whatever ■can be done to insure the protection of passengers, since the company is only bound to exercise the highest degree of care •consistent with the practical conduct of its business, and such an instruction is reversible error where it is the only one defining the measure of defendant’s duty to passengers.</p>
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