Ludwigs v. Dumas

Citations

• 72 Wash. 68
• 129 P. 903
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1405

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Streets — Use — Collision Between Automobile and Bicycle — Negligence—Contributory Negligence— Question eor Jury. The negligence of the driver of an automobile, and the contributory negligence of plaintiff riding a bicycle, are questions for the jury, where the plaintiff was on a crossing ordinarily used by pedestrians, going in an opposite direction from which he had come a moment before, in plain view and crossing the course of the automobile which was very near and making no noise, and exceeding the city speed limit, so that neither party saw the other in time to avoid the accident.</p> <p>Same — Automobiles —■ Violation oe Speed Limit — Ordinance— Construction. A person riding a bicycle on a city street crossing is within the protection of a city ordinance fixing the speed limit for automobiles at four miles an hour over city crossings “when any person is upon the same.”</p>