Case Name: William J. Lohr, Appellant, v. John Barton Paine, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1921-03-30
Citations: 115 Wash. 691
Docket Number: No. 16116
Parties: William J. Lohr, Appellant, v. John Barton Paine, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 691–691

Head Matter:
[No. 16116.
Department One.
March 30, 1921.]
William J. Lohr, Appellant, v. John Barton Paine, Respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the.superior court for Spokane county, Oswald, J., entered January 20, 1920, upon granting a nonsuit, in an action in tort.
Affirmed.
Fred M. Williams, for appellant.
Charles S. Albert and Ernest E. Sargeamt (A. J. Laughon, of counsel), for respondent.
Reported in 196 Pac. 655.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
A collision took place between a steam railroad train and an automobile driven by the appellant. The case presents only a question as to whether appellant's conduct rendered him guilty of contributory negligence. After a thorough examination of the record, we agree with the trial court that we "cannot find there is any reasonable doubt that any reasonable man must find that the plaintiff in this case was guilty of contributory negligence." The appellant's actions place the case squarely within the rule announced in Bowden v. Walla Walla Valley R. Co., 79 Wash. 184, 140 Pac. 549; Aldredge v. Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co., 79 Wash. 349, 140 Pac. 550; Cole v. Northern Pac. R. Co., 82 Wash. 322, 144 Pac. 34; McKinney v. Port Townsend, etc. R. Co., 91 Wash. 387, 158 Pac. 107; Golay v. Northern Pac. R. Co., 105 Wash. 132, 177 Pac. 804; Mouso v. Bellingham & Northern R. Co., 106 Wash. 299, 179 Pac. 848; Benedict v. Hines, 110 Wash. 338, 188 Pac. 512. See, also, Chicago, etc. R. Co. v. Biwer, 266 Fed. 965; Robinson v. Oregon-Wdshington R. & Nav. Co., 90 Ore. 490, 176 Pac. 594; Olds v. Hines, 95 Ore. 580, 187 Pac. 586, 188 Pac. 716.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.