Hamm v. City of Seattle

— This is an action to recover damage to property resulting from a slide caused by the regrade of Jackson street in Seattle.

From a judgment rendered on the verdict of a jury in plaintiff’s favor the city of Seattle has appealed.

The first ground for reversal urged is that the court erred in refusing the admission of evidence offered by the city to show that the slide was caused by excavations made by private owners of property, and not from the regrade of Jackson street. The record shows that in 1912 the respondents recovered judgment from appellant for the original slide. In 1915 another suit…