Murray v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered April 2Í2, 1916, upon the verdiet of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for personal injuries sustained through a collision with electric light wires in a city street.
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
— This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The material allegations of the complaint are substantially these: That, on October 30, 1915, at about 12:15 p. m., plaintiffs were driving their automobile south on Eighth avenue northwest, between 73d and 70th streets west, in the city of Seattle; that about 200 feet north of 70th street west, on the west side of Eighth avenue northwest, two electric light wires maintained by the city of Seattle had, through its negligence, been caused to fall and be suspended across Eighth avenue northwest. The specific acts of negligence…
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