Sumner v. Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co.

Citations

• 89 Wash. 55
• 154 P. 126
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 651

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Injuries — Setting Down Passengers — Negligence— Evidence — Sufficiency. There is no evidence of negligence to sustain recovery for injuries to a passenger in alighting from a street car, on a foggy night, where, after the destination was announced, she came to the vestibule and directed the conductor’s attention to her suitcase, and immediately stepped off the car while it was gently coming to a stop, supposing that it had stopped, there being no sudden jerk, the street surface being smooth and safe and the car stopping within ten or twelve feet; since the announcement of the destination was not an invitation to alight until the car stopped, and under the circumstances the conductor was not negligent in failing to give notice that the car was still in motion.</p>