Lennon v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered July 81, 1911, in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial before the court without a jury, in an action for damages to real property.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by Ole Lennon and Sirene Lennon, his wife, against the city of Seattle, to recover damages to real estate. From a judgment in plaintiffs’ favor, the defendant has appealed.
Some years since, appellant installed, and has since maintained, a public sewer system, in which a connection extended down a steep gulch from the intersection of East Spruce street and Lakedell avenue to Central avenue. The length of this connection was about one hundred and seventy-four feet, and in that distance it descended or fell about ninety feet. The upper sewer on East Spruce street was…
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