Ager v. City of Tacoma

Plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, filed a claim against the city of Tacoma for damages suffered by plaintiff Mary Ager (who will hereinafter be referred to as though she were the sole plaintiff), resulting from her fall on a sidewalk which Mrs. Ager alleged to have been defective and broken, and upon which, because of the defect, she tripped and fell. The defendant denied all negligence on its part, but a trial to the court sitting with a jury resulted in a verdict in plaintiff’s favor in the sum of one thousand dollars. Prom the judgment entered upon this verdict, defendant appeals.

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