Yanase v. Seattle Taxicab & Transfer Co.

Citations

• 91 Wash. 415
• 157 P. 1076
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1067

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Streets-—-Accidents at Crossings — Ordinances — Right of Way. A pedestrian waiting to board a street car stopping at a street intersection, need not be exactly upon tbe crossing to be within the rule of an ordinance giving pedestrians the right of way at street crossings; and is shown to be approximately on the crossing where it appears that he was from eight to thirty feet east of the northeast curb of a street corner.</p> <p>Trial — Instructions—As a Whole. An instruction founded upon a pedestrian’s right of way at a street crossing under a city ordinance, must be read in connection with other instructions giving vehicles the right of way between crossings, as the instructions must be considered as a whole.</p>