Spencer v. Town of Arlington
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered August 12, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian through stepping into an- unguarded hole in a street.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received within the corporate limits of the town of Arlington. The plaintiff claims that the injuries were sustained by him as the result of stepping into a hole within the limits of one of the public highways of the town. He alleges that the hole was several feet deep, about eight inches square, and boxed with timbers; that the town left the hole open- and in a dangerous condition for travelers upon the highway in that it was unprotected and unguarded, without any signal placed about it to warn persons of the…
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