Tait v. King County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered April 18, 1914, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a pedestrian through a defective highway.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The purpose of this action was to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to be due to the negligence of the defendant in failing to keep one of its highways in proper repair. The defendant answered the complaint by certain admissions and denials, and pleaded affirmatively that the place where the accident occurred was not in a street or highway which the county was under obligations to maintain or keep in repair; and that the plaintiff’s contributory negligence was the cause of the injury. The affirmative matter in the answer was denied by reply. The cause in due time came on for trial…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Taake v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- McKnight v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- Ottolengui ex rel. Degginger v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1910
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