Case Name: DAN LaBARRE v. ST. PAUL CITY RAILWAY COMPANY
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1932-03-18
Citations: 185 Minn. 514
Docket Number: No. 28,778
Parties: DAN LaBARRE v. ST. PAUL CITY RAILWAY COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 514–515

Head Matter:
DAN LaBARRE v. ST. PAUL CITY RAILWAY COMPANY.
March 18, 1932.
No. 28,778.
G. J. Mens and A. J. Donnelly, for appellant.
WeiJcert, Lohmann & Felhaber, for respondent.
Reported in 241 N. W. 674.

Opinion:
Wilson, C. J.
Defendant appealed from a judgment.
The action sounds in negligence. Plaintiff drove his team pulling a delivery wagon along an alley in the wholesale district in St. Paul. He came to Fifth street, upon which is a double street car track, from the north, and intended to cross and continue straight ahead into the alley in the next block.
It was the duty of plaintiff in entering upon the street from the alley to yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such highway. 1 Mason, 1927, § 2720-19. As he entered the street a street car approached from the east on the northerly track, and he stopped and permitted this car to pass. He immediately started across the street just behind the passing street car, and just about the time his wagon reached the north rail on the eastbound track he was struck by an eastbound car traveling 15 to 20 miles per hour. He had not seen this car, and of course for a time it was hidden from view by the car going in the opposite direction. He did not know of the presence of this car until the collision.
The record does not show any emergency. Plaintiff was apparently unmindful of the possible danger from a car traveling east. The place of the accident was in the middle of the block. It was his duty to exercise due care. He could easily have avoided the accident. Failure on his part to exercise a proper degree of care for his own protection obviously contributed to the accident. We are of the opinion that he was guilty of contributory negligence.
Reversed.