Ranous v. Seattle Electric Co.

Citations

• 47 Wash. 544
• 92 P. 382
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 806

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Injuries — Passengers Alighting — Acceleration op Speed. A street railway company is liable for personal injuries sustained by a passenger, about to alight from a car, where it appears that she gave notice to stop at a certain street, that the conductor gave the motorman the signal to stop there, that as the car approached the street at a slow rate of speed she went to the back platform preparatory to alighting, and as the car reached the center of the street, its speed was suddenly accelerated, throwing the plaintiff into the street, it appearing that the sudden acceleration was not for the purpose of reaching the far crossing, as the car did not stop.</p> <p>Same—Dangers in Alighting—Knowledge op Operators. The operators of a street car are bound to know that where a bell is sounded to stop at a certain street, passengers act thereon and may be in a place of danger preparatory to alighting.</p> <p>Trial-—-Instructions—Requests. It is not error to refuse instructions given in the general charge.</p> <p>Appeal—Review—Invited Error. Appellant cannot complain of error in sustaining an objection, where it forced respondent to make the objection and gained all it sought in the court below, since it thereby invited the ruling.</p>