BENJAMIN v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 39134.

74 Wn.2d 832 (1968)

447 P.2d 172

BLANCHE C. BENJAMIN, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

November 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horswill, Keller, Rohrback, Waldo & Moren and Frank J. Woody, for appellant.

A.L. Newbould and Charles R. Nelson, for respondent.


HILL, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court setting aside a verdict of $6,000 for the plaintiff, Blanche C. Benjamin, and granting the city of Seattle a judgment non obstante veredicto on the basis that no negligence had been established on the part of the city.

Mrs. Benjamin, a 73-year-old widow, short of stature, stepped from a Seattle transit trolley coach parked with the step a foot away from...

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