Feeley v. ER Butterworth & Sons

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of dismissal, entered in the superior court for King county, in his action instituted to recover damages. These were claimed to have resulted from a landslide, allegedly caused by defendants’ acts, purportedly constituting a withdrawal of lateral support respecting plaintiff’s land.

The relevant facts are: Plaintiff and the respondent Butterworth corporation owned adjoining lots in block two, replat of Twelfth avenue addition to the city of Seattle. The property line separating these adjoining lots runs generally north and south, thus forming the west boundary…