Cowie v. City of Seattle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

Tenth Avenue South is one of the public streets of the city of Seattle, extending south from Main street in said city. J ackson street is the next street south of, and parallel to, Main street, and south of that is Lane street. On the west side of Tenth Avenue South there was a wooden sidewalk about eight feet wide, and upon this sidewalk, between Main and Jackson streets, there was situated a board or plank “incline” extending from the door of a blacksmith shop, at the inner side of the walk, outward for a distance of four or five feet. The…