Westervelt v. Schwabacher

Citations

• 104 Wash. 418
• 176 P. 545
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1197

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (391) — Use of -Streets — Contributory Negligence — Question for Jury. The contributory negligence of a pedestrian, struck by a backing automobile at a street crossing, in failing to look in the direction after the auto had passed him, is for the jury, where he was giving his attention to and waiting for another automobile which was passing between him and the defendant’s automobile, and the time was short and circumstances such that plaintiff might he justified in assuming that it was not going to he backed over the line of the sidewalk.</p>