Keefe v. Seattle Electric Co.

Citations

• 55 Wash. 448
• 104 P. 774
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 780

Syllabus

<p>Street Railroads — Collision With Vehicle — Contributory Negligence oe Driver — Question eor Jury. Tbe driver of an express wagon is not guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, in driving upon a street car track in a crowded street in a populous city, after seeing a car balf a block away approaching on a slight down grade at the rate of three or four miles an hour.</p> <p>Same. It is not contributory negligence, as a matter of law, to stop upon the street car track to await the passing of teams blocking the way, while a car some distance away is approaching at the rate of three or four miles an hour; since the driver may assume that the car is under control, and the reciprocal duties of the driver and motorman raise a question for the jury.</p>